CRY has donated many ECG machines, which are housed in Surgeries, A&E Centres and Cardiac Wards around the UK.

Our supporting Cardiologists have recommended that we endorse a 12 lead ECG machine, which is a highly effective and reliable tool. An ECG test takes minutes to perform, and most importantly, is easy to reproduce. This means that anyone who presents an ECG indicating a possible problem, can have a further immediate test to confirm status.

The impact these machines have on a community is tremendous –  ECG equipment doesn’t often get priority when finances are stretched by essential everyday items. 

Placements have included the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham; the Bath Lodge Practice in Bittern, Southampton; Hendford Surgery in Yeovil and Framfield House in Woodbridge, Suffolk. The generosity of an anonymous donation enabled CRY to place four ECG machines in surgeries in Norfolk.

These machines do have a very real impact on patient care. For example, an ECG machine placed at the Berwyn House Surgery in Worcester was put to good use immediately. One of it’s first jobs confirmed that a patient had suffered a heart attack (not a bad bout of indigestion as originally thought!). Surgery staff  were able to deal with the situation and arrange for immediate transfer of the patient to hospital.

CRY has placed ECG machines around the UK

These places include:

Ponteland
Newcastle
Malton
Bradford
Leicester
Tamworth (2)
Stevenage
Worcestershire
Darwen
Somerset
Kings Langley
Colchester
Brentford 
Shenfield
Eastbourne (2)
Bracknell
Camberley
Weymouth
Norfolk (4)