🩸 MISSEDABEAT: More Bleed Control Kits Installed – and More to Come! 🚨 🫶
- Mark Preston
- Jul 9
- 2 min read
🩸 MISSEDABEAT: More Bleed Control Kits Installed – and More to Come! 🚨
Over the last four weeks, MISSEDABEAT has been busy across Newton Aycliffe and surrounding areas, carrying out vital checks on public access defibrillators and installing Bleed Control Kits in a number of cabinets.
Thanks to the incredible support of our sponsors, we’ve recently added Bleed Kits to:
📍 Palram – Gate 4, Coatham Avenue, DL5 6DB (rear of Palram, facing Gurney Road)📍 Ruff and Tumble – Park 2000, Millennium Way, DL5 6AI (to the right of the main entrance, next to Colin’s Seafoods)📍 Ramseys Ltd – St Cuthberts Way, DL5 6DX (on the wall to the left of the showroom entrance)📍 30 Beveridge Way, DL5 4DS (on a brick pillar opposite the Salvation Army in the pedestrian area)
❗ What We Discovered During Our Checks:
While it's encouraging to see so many cabinets installed across the community, we also found several concerning issues:
❌ Cabinets missing registered postcodes, meaning emergency services can’t provide cabinet access codes
❌ Out-of-date or missing defibrillator pads
❌ Unkempt cabinets with dirt, cobwebs, and signs of no regular checks.
⚠️ REMEMBER: A defibrillator is only life-saving if it’s emergency ready.We urge all local businesses, venues, and cabinet guardians to carry out regular checks and ensure their devices are maintained and accessible.
✅ Important Reminders:
All defibrillators should be registered on The Circuit (national defibrillator network)
All Bleed Control Kits are registered on the GoodSAM app
Basic monthly checks are essential to keep equipment up to standard and ready to use
🙌 We Need Your Help – Become a Guardian!
MISSEDABEAT are actively seeking Guardians for local defibrillators in and around the Newton Aycliffe area.
We’re committed to enhancing community safety and have sourced funding to install more Bleed Control Kits into existing defibrillator cabinets.
If you already host a cabinet — or are interested in doing so — and are happy to take on the simple role of Guardian (performing visual checks, ensuring equipment is clean and stocked), we’d love to hear from you.
🛠️ Struggling to keep up with checks?MISSEDABEAT also offers a dedicated Guardian service, where our team will take full responsibility for monthly inspections of your defibrillator and bleed kit.✅ Reliable.✅ Compliant.✅ Life-saving.
📢 Get in touch if you're struggling — we’re here to help.
💛 Thank You to Our Sponsors
This life-saving work wouldn’t be possible without the incredible support from:
🎉 Aycliffe Business Park🎉 Gestamp🎉 Aycliffe Town Centre
Your sponsorship has made a real difference. Thank you!
🔜 20 More Bleed Kits Coming Soon
We’re excited to announce that 20 more Bleed Control Kits will be rolled out across the region in the coming weeks. Watch this space!
📩 Interested in becoming a Guardian, hosting a cabinet, or sponsoring a kit?Email us: info@missedabeat.co.uk