Event Description

Ambulance Victoria is committed to improving Victoria's out of hospital cardiac arrest survival rates.

Every day around 18 Victorians will have a cardiac arrest, with only 1 in 10 surviving. Bystander intervention has the greatest impact on improving that rate...CPR doubles your chance of survival. Using an AED (or defibrillator or "defib") increases survival even further.

October is now dubbed "Shocktober", as Ambulance Victoria encourages all Victorians to learn how to use an AED or defib, locate their nearest AED or defib, and sign up to become a #GoodSAM Responder