Jude and Jobe Bellingham make defibrillator donation

Borussia Dortmund and Birmingham City footballers Jude and Jobe Bellingham have made an incredibly generous and potentially lifesaving donation to fund three Community Public Access Defibrillators which will be installed outside three schools in Birmingham.

The donation was received by Community First Responder (CFR) charity, Fastaid, and in partnership with Jude, Jobe and West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS), the defibrillators will be gifted to the schools.

In a cardiac arrest it is vital CPR is commenced and a defibrillator used to try and restart the heart, as every minute that passes by the chances of survival decrease by 10%. Having access to more defibrillators within the community can help save more lives.

WMAS Community Response Manager, Tim Cronin, said: “This is an incredible gesture from Jude and Jobe, one that will help save lives in the communities that the defibrillators are placed. The effect of good CPR and early defibrillation can never be underestimated.

“The world watched as footballer Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch during Euro 2020, but through the quick actions of CPR and the use of a defibrillator, he is alive today and still playing football at the highest level.”

The donated defibrillators will serve both the school and the surrounding community and once installed, they will be registered on the Circuit – the national defibrillator network. When a member of the public calls 999 the ambulance call taker will be able to inform the member of the public of the closest defibrillator to the emergency.