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  • Son saves father’s life

    Son saves father’s life

    3,5 years ago, Ron van Geelen had a cardiac arrest and was saved by his 13-year old son Ruben! Last year, the Saving Lives Foundation donated a wall cabinet for their AED. We’ve just received this picture on the 65th birthday of Ron in very good health! This reminds us that AEDs save lives every…

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  • AED in Swedish countryside

    AED in Swedish countryside

    The Saving Lives Foundation donated a Defisign AED and wall cabinet to the village of Kil in Sweden. This village has about 10.000 inhabitants, and the distances are long. The request for an AED came in via a retired doctor, living in this village.

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  • AED donation to Veldhoven

    AED donation to Veldhoven

    Saving Lives Foundation donated a DefiSign Life AED and a Aivia 200 outdoor wall cabinet to the city of Veldhoven. The AED has been placed in the Heikant-Oost district, which has now become heart-safe. The AED has been installed by helpful neighbors and the maintenance of the AED is ensured through a crowdfunding neighborhood initiative.…

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  • AED donation to the Yorkshire Lowland Search and Rescue Team

    AED donation to the Yorkshire Lowland Search and Rescue Team

    In december 2023, the Saving Lives Foundation donated a professional DefiSign Pocket Plus AED, together with a backpack to the Yorkshire Lowland Search and Rescue. They have installed the backpack and AED in the Incident Control Vehicle. More information at the Facebook Page of the York SAR here >>

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  • Donation to the village of Horst

    Donation to the village of Horst

    Today the AED was handed over to the neighborhood by Mara van den Boom, Theo van Heijster and Margit Gertsen, herewith the pictures made by Edward media, these will be distributed to the various media in the region, for placement, thanks to your donation, see article Facebook under Edward media…. Soon after installation, the AED…

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  • Saving Lives Foundation 5th anniversary!

    Saving Lives Foundation 5th anniversary!

    Today, the Saving Lives Foundation celebrates it’s 5th anniversary! We are grateful and proud to have received over € 100,000 in donations in these years. Thanks to these valuable donations, we have been able to donate many AEDs to a lot of organizations. These AEDs are now available 24/7 for saving lives to those organizations and their…

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  • Scouting group now “heart save”

    Scouting group now “heart save”

    We’ve got an e-mail on behalf of the “Stoevelaargroep” that a donated AED in a wall cabinet was placed. This scouting group is very happy to be “heart save” now! More information about this organisation can also be found on their Facebook page! The donated AED is one of the 10 DefiSign AEDs that were…

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  • CPR success story in the village of Horst

    CPR success story in the village of Horst

    Today, Theo van Heijster was able to receive a DefiSign AED and outside wall cabinet for the small village of Horst in the South-Eastern part of The Netherlands. In a multicultural neighborhood in this village, people are really taking care of each other. In august 2022, there happened to be a victim with a cardiac…

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  • New wall cabinets for the Saving Lives Foundation

    New wall cabinets for the Saving Lives Foundation

    From now on, for future donations, we can make use of a personalized outdoor cabinet with the name of the Saving Lives Foundation on it! On this photo, you can see the first SLF-wall cabinet installed close to Amsterdam in The Netherlands!

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  • First donation of 2023

    First donation of 2023

    Begin January the Saving Lives Foundation was able to make its first donation of 2023. Saving Lives Foundation-volunteer Liesbeth handed over our Defisign AED to HSV De Dobber. HSV De Dobber is a fishing club located in Hardenberg. Not only do they facilitate legal fishing locations for their members, but they also regularly organize tournaments…

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