Schools

It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere

Is your school equipped with an AED? Do you have an AED to take to the next athletics carnival? More and more schools are investing in the safety of their students by purchasing an AED. We have industry specific distributor ready to help you.

Our overall package with options such as paediatric pads and economical wall cabinets, combined with a 7 year AED warranty is ideally suited to schools. That must be why more and more schools are investing in a HeartSine Samaritan AED.

Facts and figures

• more than 80% of all cardiac deaths happen at home, in your spare time or at work.
• In Austalia almost 30,000 people die of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) a year.
• You are more likely to die of SCA than of Cancer
• You are most likely to die of SCA outside an area of medical help
• SCA strikes suddenly and time is of the essence
• Every minute of delay reduces chance of survival by 10% - after 10 minutes it’s all over
• Statistics show the average ambulance response time is above 12 minutes
• Without effective CPR & defibrillation you have about 4 minutes before risk of irreversible damage or death
• If there was a vaccine developed that was effective against  cancer, would you not buy it? Defibrillation and CPR is the only effective treatment for SCA
• Do you have a fire extinguisher in your house or workplace? Nearly 30,000 Australians die from SCA each year - you are more likely to die of SCA than in a fire

Principle of defibrillation 

The only solution is defibrillation. The device delivers a therapeutic shock to the heart which restores normal rhythm