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I aim to raise £5,000 for the British Heart Foundation.  Below you will see an example of how the British Heart Foundation could spend my £5,000.  The money I am raising will do so much to help those affected by heart disease.  Please help me reach the £5,000 target: http://www.justgiving.co.uk/my-kili-climb

• £10 - Help children cope with bereavement
  £10 could cover the cost of a bereavement box for a child who has lost a close family member to heart disease. The sensitive story and interaction with the pack's contents will help a child come to terms with their grief in their own time and their own way.
• £10 - Help to grow cells
  Cells in culture are used by many researchers as an alternative to animal experiments. £10 could buy 10 sterile disposable plastic flasks for growing cells in, or the chemical components needed to make up the culture medium required for the cells to grow.
• £30 - Heartstart UK training pack
  BHF Heartstart UK scheme teaches members of the public what to do in a life-threatening emergency. £30 could fund a Heartstart UK training pack to teach people these vital skills.
• £80 - Help patients to understand their illness
  £80 could help to pay for 200 Heart Information Series booklets. These booklets help patients, their family and friends, to better understand their illness and how to deal with it on a day to day basis.
• £248 - Fund 2 resuscitation training manikins
  £248 could fund the cost of 2 Little Anne manikins, a realistic adult manikin used when training people in performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Performing CPR buys time and more than doubles the chances of survival for someone following a cardiac arrest.
• £180 - Nurse a broken heart
  £180 could help to fund a full day's BHF Heart Nursing care. In this time a Heart Nurse could care for up to 6 patients to help them manage their condition and prevent further hospital re-admissions.
• £200 - Help find a cure
  £200 could fund a BHF young scientists for a whole day. British Heart Foundation currently provide the salaries for around 500 post-doctoral scientists who work in research teams right across the UK on projects to better understand how to diagnose, prevent, treat and cure heart disease.
• £250 - Provide a hand held ECG machine
  £250 could cover the cost of a hand held ECG machine. These machines are designed for patients to use at home to monitor their hearts. When they experience a cardiac event this machine will record the hearts rhythm which a doctor can later study and use it to help diagnose the patient's condition.
• £1,000 - Fund a Heart Helpline Nurse for 2 weeks
  £1,000 could help to fund a cardiac nurse working on the BHF Heart Helpline for 2 full weeks. British Heart Foundation cardiac nurses enable heart patients and their families to learn more about their heart condition and ways of managing it, to help them take control of their own health.
• £1,500 - Help save a life
  The average cost of a defibrillator is £1,500. A defibrillator is a machine that can restart the heart by giving an electric shock in some cases of cardiac arrest. When someone has a cardiac arrest defibrillation needs to be prompt. For every minute that passes chances of survival decrease by 14 per cent. The BHF provides grants to support the cost of life saving defibrillators.
• £1,500 - Help Diagnose Heart Disease
  £1,500 could cover the cost of an ECG machine for a GP surgery, hospital wards or a community clinic. These machines produce a graph tracing of the electrical changes during a heartbeat and can reveal damage to the heart muscle or irregular heart-beats making it one of the most useful diagnostic tool when examining the heart's function. The BHF provides funding for these machines, which can be used across multi-disciplinary settings.