DFA launches defibrillator funding appeal

Colin Barnett
July 1, 2020

Driver First Assist has moved one step closer to achieving its pledge to provide an automated external defibrillator (AED) at a fraction of the cost of existing products.

We reported on DFA’s plans to source and manufacture a low-cost but high-quality AED earlier in the year (CM 6 February).

Now, with development and certification completed, the not-for-profit Community Interest Company, which has so far delivered over 7,000 training courses on basic roadside first aid and accident scene management, has launched a crowd-funding appeal to finance the initial manufacturing costs so that deliveries can begin in September.

With the life-saving potential of having a significantly increased number of accessible AEDs beyond question, DFA’s aim, backed by leading figures from the critical care medical community, is to have the £220 (plus VAT) device as ubiquitous as a fire extinguisher is today

The crowd-funding appeal, which can be seen at www.bit.ly/DFA-defib, is initially targeted at the road transport industry, offering incentives on DFA training courses, designed to count as Driver CPC modules, together with other rewards targeted at individual first-aiders.

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Colin Barnett

Colin Barnett has been involved in the road transport industry since becoming an apprentice truck mechanic and worked on Commercial Motor for 27 years

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