{"id":8517,"date":"2018-08-07T11:59:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T11:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/st-marys-cricket-club-dandenong-to-receive-a-life-saving-debrillator\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T21:34:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T21:34:49","slug":"st-marys-cricket-club-dandenong-to-receive-a-life-saving-debrillator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/st-marys-cricket-club-dandenong-to-receive-a-life-saving-debrillator\/","title":{"rendered":"ST MARY&#8217;S CRICKET CLUB DANDENONG TO RECEIVE A LIFE SAVING DEBRILLATOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"line-height: 15.0pt; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; background: white;\">St Mary&#8217;s Cricket Club Dandenong will be better prepared to manage a medical emergency on and off the park after receiving a defibrillator and training package from the Andrews Labor Government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 15.0pt; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; background: white;\">Member for Dandenong, Gabrielle Williams, today announced that St Mary&#8217;s Cricket Club Dandenong were one of 300 successful applicants across the state to receive the package<b> <\/b>from the latest round of the government\u2019s <i>Defibrillators for Sporting Clubs and Facilities Program<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 15.0pt; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; background: white;\">The program has proven extremely popular across the state, with the original target of 1000 packages over-subscribed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 15.0pt; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; background: white;\">In response the Andrews Government has extend the program and will now deliver more than 1300 packages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 15.0pt; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; background: white;\">In a life threatening sudden cardiac arrest every second counts, and bystanders play a vital role because the chance of surviving a cardiac arrest decreases by 10 per cent every minute that passes without defibrillation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 15.0pt; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; background: white;\">The <i>Defibrillators for Sporting Clubs and Facilities Program<\/i> ensures clubs and sports venues like St Mary&#8217;s Cricket Club Dandenong are on top of their game when it comes to helping players and spectators when they need it most.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 15.0pt; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; background: white;\">Clubs get to boost their first aid skills, improve planning for medical emergencies and ensure players and spectators suffering sudden cardiac arrest quickly get help until paramedics arrive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 15.0pt; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; background: white;\">Training on how to use the devices is provided by program partner St John Ambulance and as many as 20,000 Victorians will receive training in the use of a defibrillator and basic CPR.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 15.0pt; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; background: white;\">The new devices also appear on Ambulance Victoria\u2019s database, so that triple zero operators can direct callers to the nearest devices available when emergency strikes.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St Mary&#8217;s Cricket Club Dandenong will be better prepared to manage a medical emergency on and off the park after receiving a defibrillator and training package from the Andrews Labor Government. 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