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The Border Watch : January 30th 2015
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In An EmERGEnCy: Sharing your defibrillator with others can save lives. For every minute a person waits for defibrillation, the chance of survival decreases by 10% Where are defibrillators based in mount Gambier district? life saving units are placed at Mount Gambier RSL Bowling Club, the Mount Gambier Public Library, Mount Gambier Bowling Club and the Port MacDonnell Community Centre. Defibrillators are also located in all Western Border Football League clubrooms. Access to defibrillators and early defibrillation increases the chance of survival in casualties. Defibrillation within the first 2 minutes increases the survival rate by 80% What is an Automated External Defibrillator (AED?) An AED, or automated external defibrillator, is an incredible life-saving tool that could literally save thousands of lives a year in Australia. It is a portable, battery-operated device that automatically assesses for a life-threatening heart rhythm known as ventricular fibrillation (VF). VF results in sudden cardiac arrest in which the heart stops pumping blood. Defibrillation is the delivery of a therapeutic dose of electrical energy to the heart and is the common treatment for sudden cardiac arrest. The AED advises the operator to deliver an electrical shock, or defibrillation, which is the most definitive treatment for reversing ventricular fibrillation. The sooner an electrical shock can be delivered to someone suffering from a sudden cardiac arrest, the greater the chance that person will survive. With simple voice and visual commands, AEDs are designed to be easy to use for the lay person and those with only minimal training. AEDs are safe and cannot shock anyone who is not in this fatal heart rhythm. Share your defibrillator’s location on the St John app St. John Ambulance SA is calling on any organisation that owns a defibrillator or knows of one that is publicly accessible to please contact St John to add it for free to the John AED Register so its location can be included on the St John iPhone app and online map. Email editor@tbw.com.au to have the location of your organisation or business’ defibrillator listed in further public notices and visit St John at aed.stjohn.org.au to have the device added to a national register. RESumE CPR IF CASuAlTy IS STIll noT BREATHInG. Anyone can use an AED in the event of a sudden cardiac arrest AEDs are designed to be used by the public and do not require a medical or first aid background. Each AED provides step by step audio instruction to walk you through the process. Find your nearest AED either using the iPhone app or online If you own a defibrillator or know of one that is publically accessible, please contact St John to add it to the ‘St John AED Register’ so its location can be included on the iPhone app and the map on St John’s website – www.stjohn.org.au. Defibrillators can be registered online quickly and easily at http://aed.stjohn.org.au REmoVE CloTHInG AnD APPly PADS DIRECTly To CASuAlTy’S CHEST, PluG THE PADS InTo mACHInE, CHECk RHyTHm. TuRn DEFIBRIllAToR on AnD FolloW InSTRuCTIonS FRom DEVICE. CAll 000. CommEnCE CPR IF noT BREATHInG. ClEAR - IF ADVISED By AED - PRESS oRAnGE BuTTon To DElIVER SHoCk. ConTInuE To FolloW DEFIBRIllAToR InSTRuCTIonS unTIl PRoFESSIonAl HElP ARRIVES. 663106 12 - The Border Watch, Friday, January 30, 2015
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