![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/portsmouth-city-council-draws-up-defibrillator-map/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/127390198_defibhoz.jpg&description=Media caption, How to use a defibrillator and save a lifeA map has been drawn up showing the location of every defibrillator in a city as part of a plan to help save more people who suffer cardiac arrests. Portsmouth City Council originally decided to create the map after the collapse of Danish footballer Christian Eriksen at last year's Euro 2020. The authority has used South Central Ambulance Service's records to plot where the 92 life-saving machines are. It said it hoped this would help it to increase awareness and plan new ones. Image source, Portsmouth City CouncilImage caption, The council used data from South Central Ambulance Service to compile the mapThe council said the information would be particularly useful for ward councillors bringing forward plans to install new defibrillators, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. The use of the machines hugely increases people's survival chances if they suffer a cardiac arrest. A council report on the map said only 10% of people who suffer cardiac arrests outside hospital survive but immediate access to a defibrillator increases this to 57%.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The council decided to proceed with the map after a defibrillator was used to save Christian Eriksen at Euro 2020Matthew Winnington, the council's cabinet member for health, said: "It's sensible for us to have this systematic plan going forward for defibrillators."Making this publicly accessible means people know where they are when they need them. It also gives us those gaps on the map where we can look to fill."The location of defibrillators are made public through South Central Ambulance Service's Save a Life app and The Circuit website hosted by the British Heart Foundation.Follow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.South Central Ambulance ServiceCardiac arrest){kind=link}
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How to use a defibrillator and save a life
A map has been drawn up showing the location of every defibrillator in a city as part of a plan to help save more people who suffer cardiac arrests.
Portsmouth City Council originally decided to create the map after the collapse of Danish footballer Christian Eriksen at last year’s Euro 2020.
The authority has used South Central Ambulance Service’s records to plot where the 92 life-saving machines are.