Dronfield Eye Issue 221 May 2024

dronfield EYE
Emergency bleed kits installed
Ten life-saving traumatic bleed kits
are being installed at locations
throughout Dronfield, funded by the
town’s Rotarians. Mike Firth reports
A
LREADY a pioneering town with more
than 40 emergency defibrilators at
hand, life-saving bleed control kits can now
be used in Dronfield when someone suffers a
traumatic injury.
The Rotary Club of Dronfield has funded the
equipment through proceeds from its weekly
Dronfield Community Lottery and donations to the
annual Santa’s Sleigh attraction.
Said Rtn Alan
Hepworth: “We
have invested in
ten kits after
discussions with
the Dronfield Safer
Neighbourhood
Team.
“Having a Bleed
Control Kit on the
scene means that
you can provide
life-saving treatment within minutes and before
emergency services arrive.
“But the best outcome, of course, is that they
are never needed.”
The first kits have been installed locally outside
Sainsbury’s, the Railway Station, Gosforth Fields
Sports Associaton, Pentland Road shops and
Greendale shopping precinct. Other locations
likely to receive them include Cliffe Park, the Civic
Centre, Dronfield Parish Church and Dronfield
Bottom.
Items inside the kits include an emergency
trauma bandage, cotton swabs, scissors, surgical
tape, a tourniquet, gloves and a mask, foil rescue
blanket, a face shield for CPR and a whistle to
attract attention.
Further details from www.bleedcontrolkit.co.uk
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Rotary Club of Dronfield members Alan and Liz Hepworth
with one of the emergency first aid kits
Eye on show
H
ERON Publications - the company
behind Dronfield Eye magazine - was an
exhibitor at a major business event in
Chesterfield.
Staff attended the annual Celebrate
Chesterfield conference at the Winding Wheel
venue.
The company is a founder member of
Destination Chesterfield’s ‘Chesterfield
Champions’ group. In addition to Dronfield Eye,
independent Heron Publications also produce
and deliver Twist and Wings magazines in
Chesterfield, So Bolsover magazine, plus
Active8 in south Sheffield.
Shown here are Helen Firth and Mandy
Goulding speaking to a delegate at the
conference and exhibition.