Defibrillator locations Hassocks - click to enlarge

We’d like to encourage everyone living and working in the village to familiarise themselves with the sites of the life-saving defibrillator machines and learn how to use them.

An estimated 60,000 people each year in the UK have an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and, sadly, less than 10% of those people will survive. Yet, if a bystander is able to start CPR, they could double a person’s chances of survival.

Hassocks has an impressive sixteen defib machines that we know about, including the newest unit recently installed at Adastra Hall. Five of these are available 24/7 as they are fixed to the outside of the address. The other units are only available when each location is open.

All of the machines are portable and contain full instructions. And when using it while on a call with 999, the operator will talk you through using it.

Here is a list of Hassocks defibrillators around the village. Click for the location on maps.

24 hour defibrillators:

Hassocks Railway Station
The Thatched Inn
Keymer & Hassocks Sports & Social Club
Adastra Hall
Oldland Windmill
Hassocks Infant School

Defibrillators available during the location’s opening hours:

Adastra Bowling Club
South Downs Nurseries
The Weald
Hassocks Dental Surgery
Age Concern Hassocks
Freedom Leisure Centre
Hassocks Football Club
Hassocks Health Centre
DMH Stallard
Windmills School

Defibrillators are very easy to use, and have been designed to be used by members of the public, without any previous training. However, you may wish to watch this helpful video, to give you an idea of how they work and what you typically have to do when using one: https://youtu.be/YbjcCjSNvUY

You can also find more units via The British Heart Foundation’s National Defibrillator Network (The Circuit) by looking up the website: www.defibfinder.uk - which shows all registered defibs that are available, with live details.

Information correct as of September 2024