St John Ambulance Victoria is on the hunt for more viable locations for public defibrillators in Sunshine, as the current total ticks over to 27.
Sunshine has one of the highest rates of out of hospital cardiac arrests in Victoria, but with the help of local residents, we can help improve survival rates.
The Defib In Your Street program aims to create some of the safest places in Australia to have a sudden cardiac arrest, which is one of the deadliest conditions.
The program aims to install 30 defibrillators so that no resident is more than 400 metres from a 24-7 available AED.
Further, the program aims to train 5000 residents in CPR.
Currently, the program is focused on improved cardiac arrest survival rates throughout Sunshine, Sunshine North, Sunshine West, and Albion.
Throughout these areas, 78 per cent of people do not know exactly how to use a defibrillator, 74 per cent do not know where their nearest defib is, 55 per cent haven’t received any recent first aid training, and five per cent do not know exactly what to do for someone showing signs of sudden cardiac arrest, according to St John.
In Sunshine, public defibrillators are located at the Sunshine Salvation Army at 42 Devonshire Road, Ascent Media at 11 Ardoyne Street, Duke Street Community House at 27 Duke Street, and 12 Westwood Way.
In Sunshine North, they’re located at the Fire Rescue Victoria, Sunshine Fire Station at 30 McIntyre Road, 3/23 Cumberland Street, 70 Clayton Street, 2 Hammond Street, 91 Wattlebird Court, 1 Davey Street and U1/12 Telford Court.
In Sunshine West, they are at Glengala Primary School at 1-23 Kermeen Street, Ardeer South Primary School at 59-75 Murray Street, 1/24 Ernest Street, 18 Florence Place, Agency Spare Parts at 72 Enterprise Way, 30 Korowa Street, The Sunshine Social at 64 Glengala Road, 14 Beech Court, 18 Rautman Crescent, 79 Fairbairn Road, and 22 Whitesides Avenue.
And, in Albion, they are at 2 Burnewang Street, 66 Adelaide Street, and the Kororoit Creek Neighborhood House at 61 Selwyn Street.
Be a host: www.stjohnvic.com.au/community-programs/defib-in-your-street/defib-in-your-street-enquiry-form/
