Two visitors to Newton Aycliffe Rotary Club suffered suspected heart attacks on Tuesday evening.  Fortunately, both survived – thanks to skills Rotary volunteers had acquired just a few minutes earlier involving use of talking defibrillator equipment. International life-saving consultant Barbara Broadbelt paid a return visit to the club to teach the town’s Rotarians how to respond when people collapse after a sudden heart attack. Using two resuscitation manikins as heart attack victims, Barbara (pictured centre) demonstrated use of defibrillator equipment now installed in several parts of the Aycliffe area and then supervised a training session when Rotarians practised their skills. The simple-to-use machine talks users through the process of using the equipment which has a proven record of saving the lives of people after a cardiac arrest. Barbara, a member of Durham Elvet Rotary Club and North East District Assistant Governor, has offered to return to the club in the near future to give further instruction to Rotary volunteers. “It was a most informative session,” said Newton Aycliffe Rotary President Nora Scott. “Any reservations we had about using the defibrillator quickly disappeared when we saw how the machine talked the user through the treatment process. We were all very impressed.” The defib was donated to the club and will be taken to various public events including the Jaunt last Saturday. Local organisations running public events are invited to use the equipment.