Locals urged to register defibs

LOCALS are being urged to make sure their Automated External Defibrillators (AED) are publicly accessible and registered with Ambulance Victoria. Acting Hamilton team manager, Marita Shanaughan (left), and paramedics, Anna Macaulay (centre), and Sheryl-Lee Brown (right), show off the AED at Melville Oval. Photo: GLENN GUY.

By Eliza Sears

June 14, 2022 | 7:00 AM

HAMILTON locals have been urged to help boost cardiac arrest survival rates, by learning Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and ensuring local Automated External Defibrillators (AED) are registered with Ambulance Victoria (AV).

Cardiac arrest is one of the country’s biggest killers, claiming 19 Victorian lives every day.