General News
8 October, 2024
Auxiliary makes life-saving donations
NEW life-saving equipment worth $60,000 has been handed over to community ambulance officers by Inglewood and District Ambulance Auxiliary. Auxiliary members, who raised funds through their op-shop, presented officers from Wedderburn and Boort with...
NEW life-saving equipment worth $60,000 has been handed over to community ambulance officers by Inglewood and District Ambulance Auxiliary.
Auxiliary members, who raised funds through their op-shop, presented officers from Wedderburn and Boort with Zoll heart monitors and defibrillators as well as battery-powered airway suction units on Tuesday night.
Secretary Deb Coon said the auxiliary had been supporting the Loddon district for more than 51 years by providing vital emergency equipment to ambulance services and donating lifesaving equipment such as AEDs to almost every community within the Loddon shire.
She said the latest donations would support the Wedderburn and Boort ambulance community officers.
“Valued at almost $60,000 - the monitors are $28,000 each and suction units are $1000 each - the equipment with assist local teams with the safe and efficient assessment, management and early escalation of care of patients in their communities and no doubt contribute to saving lives,” she said.
“The monitor and defibrillator is able to monitor a patient’s vital signs and heart rhythm and send this information by internet to an intensive care paramedic to review if required.
“The defibrillator is also able to analyse a patient’s heart rhythm faster than a standard AED and advise sooner if a shock is advised to be delivered. The unit also provides real time feedback of the effectiveness of CPR.”