In recent years, public awareness on the importance of automated external defibrillators (AED) has widened. The government has made strides in reinforcing the importance of defibrillators, and many businesses and nonprofit organisations have amplified the advocacy of having defibrillators in public places and pushed the AED (defibrillator) as a... read more →
Aug
22
Aug
11
Sometimes we feel that we and those around us are invincible. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. Fatal health complications like a sudden cardiac arrest for example can happen to anyone, irrespective of age, background, gender, and health levels. Sudden Cardiac Arrest Australia statistics In fact, according to... read more →
Aug
10
According to ITV News (UK), ‘All state schools in England will have a defibrillator by the end of the next academic year, after a decade-long campaign by a dad from Liverpool.’ Mark King's 12-year-old son Oliver suffered a sudden cardiac arrest during a school swimming lesson in 2011. The article notes research... read more →
Jul
25
Increasing access to Automated External Defibrillators and CPR training in residential communities around Australia could help increase survival rates from sudden cardiac arrest, Australia’s Number One Killer, from just 10% to up to 75%. Original Yellow Wiggle Greg Page was on A Current Affair to launch a new initiative.... read more →
Jul
19
A work health and safety program should be an integral part of your company culture. Yet a 2020 report shows that: only 13% of employers comply with the First Aid national code of practice only 65% of employers are even aware of their First Aid code obligations less than... read more →
Jul
08
BECAUSE it indicates demand built from trust that defibrillators save lives. According to GLOBE NEWSWIRE (June 22, 2022), the global defibrillator market, which includes implantables and externals for a variety of market segments, such as public access and healthcare sites, is set to grow from $14b in 2020 to... read more →
Jul
05
Defibrillators, also known as an automated external defibrillators or AEDs, are crucial to saving lives of Australians who suffer sudden cardiac arrest. In Australia, cardiovascular disease takes a life every twelve minutes and accounts for one in four deaths. A study by Liz Paratz, researcher and cardiologist at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, reveals... read more →
Jun
09
The NSW Premier is to be applauded… but how can we help? New South Wales Premier, Dominic Perrottet, announced on 6 June 2022 a one-off $4.5 billion funding package for the health sector in the upcoming state budget which will include funding an extra 10,000 doctors, nurses and other... read more →
Jun
01
There are a lot of myths surrounding defibrillators, or defibs as we would like to call it. We shall break down these myths by discussing facts about defibrillators and how they work. What is a defibrillator and how does it work? A defibrillator is used to deliver an electrical... read more →
May
30
Singer, musician, and actor Greg Page, A.K.A. Original Yellow Wiggle, joined Integrity Health & Safety on Wednesday 25 May at Connect 2022 to promote his charity Heart of the Nation. Page, well beloved for being part of the children’s band The Wiggles, is now actively advocating for cardiac arrest... read more →


