AN EMERGENCY service has set up a new app showing all the 1,288 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) across Yorkshire.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust's Save a Life app gives users a map to find the closest device to them - and could help them save lives.
Paul Stevens, head of Community Resilience at YAS, said: “There has been a staggering increase in the number of AEDs across Yorkshire; four years ago there were 100 and today there are 1,288. This app plots all the AEDs so members of the public can familiarise themselves with the location of their nearest device.
"We also hope that communities which don’t have the life-saving kit will consider purchasing one via the various funding streams which are available.
“In the event of someone suffering a cardiac arrest, you should still call 999 and will then be told the location of your nearest AED and the code needed to access it."
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