Andrew was a fit, healthy and active 30 year old when a Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) took him from us following the completion of the Edinburgh Half Marathon in May 2013. There is nothing which could have prevented this awful occurrence - An SCA can affect any one of us at any time and as in Andrew's case, often without any warning. 

Andrew didn't suffer from a heart complaint or something which could have been readily treated or spotted, and so for this reason the Hearts and Goals campaign linked to the Arrhythmia Alliance charity feels most appropriate to remember him by - the main aim of this campaign being to tackle SCAs by helping to place public-access Automated External Defibrillator (AED) equipment for use in the event of an emergency.

CPR alone saves just 9% of people who suffer from a sudden cardiac arrest. CPR and an automated external defibrillator (AED) increases the chance of survival five-fold to 50%.

The facts - 

- 100,000 people die from SCAs in the UK every year 

- it claims more lives than Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer and AIDs combined

- CPR only saves the lives of 9% who suffer SCA

- CPR when used alongside an AED massively increases the survival rate  from 9% to 50%

Thousands of pounds for Hearts and Goals have already been raised in Andrew's memory by his family, friends and colleagues - one of life's real gentlemen, a truly good, happy and beautiful soul. This page works to enable all those raising money for Hearts and Goals in Andrew's memory, to do so in a way which allows us to see just how much has been raised in total for this genuinely special, funny and unforgettable gentleman. 

Efforts so far include - 

- 20km sponsored Edinburgh walk by 'Flynn's Fab Four' 

- 'Extreme team challenges' by Andrew's colleagues at RBS

- Tombola & Raffle held by RBS Finance 

- Football Tournament & Spin Cycle challenge held by RBS Nuffield Gym team

- Bridge to Brisbane Australian 10k 2014 running event completed by Nat's cousin Sarah a Ramwell (Hagan)

- Silent Auction of prime Golfing opportunity at top Scottish Golf Course kindly donated and held by Andrew's RBS colleague and friend Damien Gilmore

- RBS 6 Nations Prediction Cup 2014/2015 held by Andrew's RBS colleagues 

- Paris Marathon completed on 6 April 2014 by friends Gemma Buxton & Lindsey Reid

- RBS Bake Sale & Raffle held by Nat's RBS colleagues on 16 April 2014 raising £1,450

- Stockton-on-Tees Duathlon event completed on 27 April 2014 by a group of Andrew's close college friends

- University friend Chris Barwick rowed a full marathon on a rowing machine on 31 May 2014 - taking over 3 painful hours to complete! 

- RBS bake sale held by Nat and RBS colleagues in February 2015 raising over £800

- Stockton-on-Tees Duathlon event completed on 26 April 2015 by Nat & a group of Andrew's close college friends

- Nat's brother Chris Ramwell completed 110km (69 mile) Ultimate Trails fell race around the Lake District on 27 June 2015 - completing it in 22.5 hours and climbing over 4,000m across the race! 

 

Please visit the following link for more information on the Hearts and Goals campaign - 

http://www.defibssavelives.org/hearts-goals-campaign

 

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