AED Locations: How to Find Your Nearest Defibrillator When Every Minute Counts
AED locations are easy to overlook in everyday places, yet a defibrillator fixed to a nearby wall can be the difference between life and death for someone whose heart has suddenly stopped. When that happens, the people standing closest are the ones who can act in the minutes before an ambulance arrives. The first thing […]
Emergency Workplace AED: Why You Need Automated External Defibrillators at Work
A workplace AED can save lives. Any workplace can become the scene where a life is being decided in seconds. Cardiac arrest moves faster than an ambulance, and the ability to help in the first few minutes belong to whoever is closest. The difference between someone going home that night and a fatality often comes […]
How to Use an AED on Children: Automated External Defibrillators in Paediatric First Aid and CPR
Using an AED on children is one of the moments where bystanders hesitate the longest, and that hesitation is the single biggest factor in whether the child survives. The device looks adult-sized, the voice prompts sound clinical, and the child looks small. Using an AED on a child might be scary, but when they experience […]
Using an AED and CPR: When to Combine Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation with AEDs in a First Aid Emergency
AED and CPR are the two responses that give someone in cardiac arrest the best chance of surviving outside a hospital. The people nearby when a heart stops determine what happens next, and that includes you. Australia has more publicly accessible defibrillators than at any previous point, and they are designed to guide anyone through […]
Online CPR Certification Australia: Options and Requirements
Online CPR certification in Australia is a nationally recognised pathway to gaining the life-saving skills required under HLTAID009 Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, and can now be completed fully via live Zoom instruction from the comfort of your home. Each year, approximately 25,000 Australians experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Of those, fewer than 10 per cent survive. […]
How to Use An AED: Automated External Defibrillator Step-by-Step Guide
In a perfect world everyone would know how to use an AED. It’s likely one sits somewhere in your world right now, at work, at the gym, or at a shopping centre, but have you ever wondered if you could use it in an emergency? If someone near you goes into sudden cardiac arrest, the […]
Automated External Defibrillators (AED): How to Save a Life From Sudden Cardiac Arrest
An automated external defibrillator is designed to be used by anyone in the event of cardiac arrest. No medical training is required. Cardiac arrest can happen to anyone at any time, and if you’re the person closest when it happens then you’re the one in the best position to help before the ambulance arrives. But […]
CPR Success Rate: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Cardiac Arrest Statistics
The CPR success rate is one of the most misunderstood figures in emergency medicine. People tend to overestimate it, shaped by decades of television drama where chest compressions almost always bring someone back. The reality is harder to accept, and the distance between what the public expects and what the data shows has real consequences […]
Responding to CPR Special Situations: Perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Special Circumstances
CPR special situations arise whenever the person who needs resuscitation, the space around them, or their body forces you to adapt what you have been taught. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training assumes a clear set of conditions: a firm floor, open space, and an average adult body, but real emergencies do not guarantee any of those things. […]
Latest CPR Guidelines: How to Perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in 2026
The CPR guidelines that could save a life have been refined over the years. The Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) and the Australian and New Zealand Committee on Resuscitation (ANZCOR) informs how cardiopulmonary resuscitation is taught and performed across Australia by reviewing emerging science and updating treatment recommendations. What has changed and what’s stayed the same […]