Cardiac Responder

29/09/2021

It's world heart day, which looks to improve knowledge about heart health and heart issues occurring every day across the world.
Heart attack and sudden cardiac arrest are two terms that are used interchangeably even though both are different from one another. When an individual has a heart attack, it is due to a blockage in the arteries which leads to sudden chest pain, sweating, palpitation, sinking sensation and anxiety. If left untreated, this can lead to a cardiac arrest. However, there are other causes of sudden cardiac arrest, including presumed cardiac issues, terminal illness, strangulation/asphyxiation, major blood loss, overdose or poisoning, major respiratory issues and drowning. The signs and symptoms of a person in cardiac arrest is NO RESPONSE and NO BREATHING / NOT BREATHING PROPERLY. Immediate action is required to CALL (for EMS & for AED) > PUSH (perform CPR) > SHOCK (use the AED). Most people don't know that this last step rarely occurs and over 90% of people in cardiac arrest out of hospital are unfortunately a statistic. Make contact to learn more about improving the chain of survival and getting working and accessible defibrillators to your community.

24/09/2021

Busy day today getting ready to deliver Defibnet Smartcases to clients around NSW. Monitored defibrillators guarantee a working device is provided. Without standing in front of your defib, do you know if your defib is present and functional?

Without having to perform daily inspections, did you also want to guarantee that your defib will work today or in two weeks or in 2 months or in 2 years? (data in the image below has been hidden for privacy reasons)

Contact us know to discuss this important topic.

21/09/2021

Who's responsibility is it to check your defibrillator? How often is this done? How often is this actually done? In worst case scenarios, it is never. Less worse scenarios, once a year or once a month. How about once per day? How about every hour, every day? How about every minute of every hour? The implications of not checking and managing properly your defib are identified in this news post from Ireland. Like cardiac arrest, this litigation could happen anywhere, at any time. Contact us now to chat through what a better checking regime may be for your community or workplace defibrillator.

The family of a woman who died from a heart attack has settled its case against the manufacturer and supplier of a defibrillator which it was claimed was not working when she became ill while at work.

28/07/2021

A Public Access Defibrillator means it is always available and always accessible. With more people working from home and not able to access their workplace defibrillator or if the local defib is locked due to out of hours / COVID shutdown, look for these types of deployments in your community, especially on the Northern Beaches and other locations across Sydney.

21/07/2021

On a recent site visit 4 out of 5 defibrillators were not working, which exceeds the statistical average where 1 in 5 are not working. Issues included batteries flat for over 18 months, electrodes out of date by 2 years, defibrillators over 15 years old and recalled defibrillators deployed. In addition, three of the five defibs were locked behind doors that only 1 in 500 people had access. These defibrillators were purchased by different departments, there was no management ownership and of course no daily checks nor supporting training.

If any of these issues are present for deployments of life saving devices at your workplace, then rest assured that companies like Cardiac Responder can assist. Drop us a line today to discuss improving safety and reliability with a viable and cost effective solution.

25/04/2021

Excellent article summarising and identifying the problem of too many fatalities from cardiac arrests in the under 50s.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-25/cardiac-arrests-cost-australian-economy-2b-victoria-study-finds/100092926

Community Access, Networked Defibrillators, with a coordinated emergency response will help prevent fatalities. More can and should be done.

A new study shows sudden cardiac arrests cost the Australian economy approximately $2 billion in lost productivity each year, but doctors say it's nothing compared to the toll on families left behind.

26/03/2021

Our clients around Australia have had challenging times in the last 12-18 months. Its great to be able to visit our clients and see vibrant workplaces back again. These clients have a preparedness for action if cardiac arrest strikes and a working defibrillator guarantee. With more workplaces back to full capacity, contact us today if your workplace is seeking the same confidence in your personnel and guarantee for supply of a working defibrillator.

09/03/2021

Downloadable version of the Take the Fiver. Please use to promote cardiac arrest awareness, defib use and working as a team.

TTF Defib demo huddle by

07/03/2021

Thanks Andrew Paschalidisfor capturing 16 yrs of passion about cardiac arrest survival in 11 mins. Proud of our 73 lives saved but time is now for gov to open treasury & put a 24 hr rescue system at every sport ground!