Additional defibrillators installed in sporting venues across Armidale region

March 18, 2022

Armidale Regional Council continues to install life-saving defibrillators in their sporting venues.

A defibrillator (known as an automated external defibrillator or AED) is a small, portable device designed to deliver a controlled electrical shock to a person experiencing certain cardiac rhythms. Defibrillators must be used in conjunction with CPR.

The COVID 19 pandemic has meant that funds allocated under the Sports Council’s Small Grants Program had been under subscribed and $9500 was available for the purchase of AEDs.

Mayor Sam Coupland said the AEDs located at eight sporting venues across the LGA meant we were giving someone suffering from cardiac arrest the best possible chance of survival.

“In NSW alone approximately 8500 people experience an out of hospital cardiac arrest in NSW every year, only 12% will survive,” advised Mayor Coupland

“For every minute that passes after a person has a cardiac arrest, the chance of survival decreases. Through administering CPR and defibrillation quickly the chance of survival is substantially higher.”

The AEDs are accessible to anyone that may need to administer CPR and simple instructions are available to guide you.

Defibrillators are located at:
Monckton Aquatic Centre
Lynches Road Netball Courts
Guyra Pool
Moran Oval
Rologas Fields
Armidale Sportsground
Harris Park
Newling Oval

Image courtesy Armidale Regional Council

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