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I have built a dedicated website for my Adopt-A-Defib initiative.

Adopt-A-Defib™ is a non-profit initiative supporting you to afford the cost of a Defibrillator for your local school, club, workplace or community building. We are committed to saving lives and making public access Defibrillators more readily available.

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THINK SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST IS A HEART ATTACK? – that is like comparing apple and oranges. 

Too often, people use “sudden cardiac arrest” and “heart attack” interchangeably.

The truth could save your life or save the life of someone you love www.adoptadefib.org

Sudden Cardiac Arrest is one of Australia's biggest killers and effects people of ALL ages; without a Defibrillator and effective CPR there is less than a 5% chance of survival. Join the fight - fundraise, invest or share $2,190 for this non-profit package.

"Become a life-giver with the initiative that saves more than money” Adopt-A-Defib™

FREE battery/pad replacement for bona fida use. Through our Forward Hearts Program® we will donate a FREE Defibrillator to the charity or organisation of the survivors’ choice. GST exempt (shipping within Australia only but it's free). Wish to know more?

Read his incredible story on the Take Heart Australia’s blog http://bit.ly/2maMmKX

I was delighted when Take Heart Australia supported my non-profit initiative Adopt-A-Defib™ I‘m proud to be involved with their goals to make defibrillators widespread and accessible and to increase the number of citizens trained and willing to provide CPR.

John presenting the new AED to Northern Suburbs Rugby Club

SAVED IN A HEART BEAT - We really are so vulnerable, so easily broken. My client Elizabeth Lucas never thought after attending my CPR courses over the years and deciding to invest in my Adopt-A-Defib™ initiative that she would need to use it on her husband John. 

In March this year John collapsed at home unconscious and not breathing. It appeared John had suffered a mammalian meat (red meat) anaphylactic reaction resulting in sudden cardiac arrest (John doesn’t suffer with allergies).

The Adopt-A-Defib™ package features the HeartSine® Sam 500P with CPR Advisor which significantly improves CPR efficacy by giving the appropriate, dynamic feedback to the rescuer advising them on good compressions or to push harder, offering many a better chance of survival in the case of sudden cardiac arrest. 

CPR Advisor kept Elizabeth calm and focused in a highly stressful situation by continually prompting her to "push harder" buying John time until the Paramedics arrived 10 minutes after his collapse.  Elizabeth couldn’t have imagined how hard she needed to push to maintain the optimum depth which equates to more than 5cm in adults for effective compressions as defined by the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC). She broke many of John’s ribs in saving his life - he was sore but very thankful!  


The Paramedics, The Resuscitation Team at the Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney and John’s Cardiologist all agree that Elizabeth’s high quality compressions guided by the Defib’s CPR Advisor certainly saved his life.