Three Peaks Trialer Ben Lewis plans to use the event to fundraise for Joe's Jumpstart.
Ben writes "Joe’s Jumpstart was set up
by David & Shelley Lewis following the death of their middle son Joe in
2012. Joe had no previous signs or symptoms of any heart disease but on the 7th
June 2012, whilst on a family walk, Joe had a cardiac arrest. Both David and
Shelley have medical training and resuscitation was immediately commenced,
ambulance crews arrived within eight minutes and Joe was transferred to the
local hospital but could not be saved.
Joe’s death was attributed to Sudden Arrhythmic
Death Syndrome, a condition where seemingly fit and healthy young people
suddenly collapse and die.
The aim of Joe’s Jumpstart is to raise money so
that we can get defibrillators into schools in the UK, each school week seven
children collapse and die in our schools. We also want to raise awareness of
the condition, lobby Government to make defibrillators in school mandatory and
we want to provide free, basic first aid instruction so that people know how to
react in an emergency.
At Joe’s Jumpstart we believe defibrillators
should be considered in the same way as fire extinguishers, that is, they
should be readily accessible, mandatory in public places, businesses and
schools and there should be free, readily available training for all."
