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Muamba's defibrillator fund
More than 900 defibrillators are being made available to clubs in non-league football and the Women's Super League, a year after Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the pitch during a Bolton match against Tottenham
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Defibrillator fund to save lives at football clubs
Clubs can bid for life-saving equipment
Non-league and grassroots football clubs are being invited to bid for life-saving defibrillators, a year after Fabrice Muamba collapsed after a cardiac arrest on the pitch at White Hart Lane.
The Football Association and the British Heart Foundation have teamed up and spent £1.2 million.
The money's been raised by donations, the FA and football clubs, to allow smaller clubs access to the potentially life-saving equipment. To find out more, or to bid for a defibrillator, click here for more information
BHF medical director Professor Peter Weissberg said: "This is a chance to equip many of our football clubs with the life-saving skills and equipment which will improve this country's very poor cardiac arrest survival rates"
The UK Resuscitation Council state that a defibrillator can be used safely and effectively without previous training and that its use should not be restricted to trained rescuers.
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Defibrillator fund to save lives at football clubs
One year after Fabrice Muamba's near-fatal cardiac arrest, a £1.2 million defibrillator fund has been launched.