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Cardiac arrest is often unexpected. For every minute a patient doesn’t get CPR/defibrillation, their chances of survival fall by 10%.
GoodSAM (Smartphone Activated Medic) connects responders to patients in those first critical minutes of cardiac arrest while paramedics are on the way.
Vic First Aid recently provided an excellent training session on CPR and defibrillator use. Frank Perri is passionate that those members of the community who are competent and able to perform ‘Compression only CPR', register as a GoodSAM responder.
If a person is having a cardiac arrest and you are nearby, you receive an alert on your phone requesting your assistance. You have the option to accept or decline the request depending on your availability.
The registration process is very easy to follow and there is a lot of information on Ambulance Victoria’s website.
www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/
I have registered, let’s show our appreciation to Vic First Aid by as many of the club members supporting this initiative to save lives.
