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Defibrillator’s delivered to Gold Coast parkrun’s

  This Saturday was a special day for Kirra parkrun, not only was it their 5th year anniversary, they also received a new LIFEPAK CR PLUS Defibrillator from Scott Whimpey, director of First Aid Accident & Emergency. Scott got the word that Gavin Mathieson, Gold Coast area manager for parkrun was visiting Kirra, along with Paul Relf from Main Beach parkrun, Divina Hervey from Surfers Paradise parkrun and Kirra parkrun Director, Emma Nicholson. Putting together the defibrillators for parkrun's on the Gold Coast and presenting them at Kirra's anniversary run was a very special thing to do, said Scott. If

CPR and Defibrillator Saves the Life of a Young Dad

We recently saw the heart-warming story on television of the desperate plea from a grateful man trying to track down the ten strangers who saved his life on a Victorian beach nine months ago. Sean Purcell, 37, was going for a jog along a beach in Torquay, Victoria with his dog when he suddenly collapsed face down in the water. Unbeknownst to the unconscious Sean, over the next twenty minutes a group of approximately ten complete strangers orchestrated a successful CPR procedure which resulted in his life being saved. While a group of them took turns administering CPR, one lady

Heart Problems and Defibrillation

Every year approximately 55,000 Australians suffer a heart attack (Sudden Cardiac Arrest). The National Heart Foundation of Australia recently released the concerning statistics that an average of 26 people die every day from heart attacks. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) claims even more lives as the leading cause of death in Australia. What the Heart Foundation has also found is that these deaths are ‘largely preventable.’ So what causes Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA)? When someone goes into Cardiac Arrest the normally organised electrical impulses that initiate cardiac contraction (our heartbeats) discharge chaotically, and this results in the heart muscle twitching spasmodically. Ventricular

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