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Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Defibrillators to be located in middle of TransPennine Express trains
Defibrillators are being installed across a fleet of TransPennine Express (TPE) trains over the next two months. The train operator, which serves York, plans to equip 51 of its 185 trains with the life-saving units by the end of March. The defibrillators, which can be used by both staff and passengers if somebody goes into cardiac arrest, will be fitted by Siemens Mobility and will be located in an emergency equipment cupboard in the middle of the train. Bushra Khan, head of engineering at TPE, said: "Our defibrillators are a huge benefit to both our customers and the communities we serve. "This rollout will ensure that people travelling on our services will feel safe and confident that defibrillators are available to help in the event of an emergency, potentially saving lives." The defibrillators come with step-by-step, spoken word instructions built-in, to guide users on how to use them. Computers inside the defibrillators analyse heart rhythms to determine if an electric shock is needed; electrodes then automatically deliver the shock if required. Sambit Banerjee, joint CEO of Siemens Mobility UK & Ireland, said: "It's great to see the collaborative work with TPE to install life-saving defibrillators on our Class 185 trains." The defibrillators were purchased from the British Heart Foundation.
BBC News
19-02-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Defibrillators to be fitted on 51 TransPennine Express trains
Defibrillators are to be installed on more than 50 trains by the end of March, an operator has Express (TPE) said the devices, which give a high energy shock to the heart of someone in cardiac arrest, would be available for both staff and passengers to firm said the defibrillators would be fitted on 51 of its 185 trains by tech company Siemens Mobility, and would be located in an emergency equipment cupboard in the middle of the head of engineering, Bushra Khan, said: "This roll-out will ensure that people travelling on our services will feel safe and confident that defibrillators are available to help in the event of an emergency, potentially saving lives." Every defibrillator has step-by-step, spoken word instructions built-in to it which explain how to use it on someone in an inside the defibrillators work to analyse a person's heart rhythms to find out if an electric shock is needed and electrodes then automatically deliver the shock if defibrillators have been purchased from the British Heart Foundation charity, the biggest independent funder of heart and circulatory research in the UK, the TPE are already fitted on the firm's Nova 1 to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here.
