22 Dec / 2024

Deakin defibrillator


A publicly available AED (defibrillator) has been installed in the Deakin and is available 24/7 and unlocked. It is available thanks to campaign by Ivan Slavich AM FAICD through www.streetbeat.life and SERVICE ONE and fundraising efforts of participants like Viola Kalokerinos and corporate supporters Community Bank Canberra and Regions Capital Chemist Group and Capital Estate Developments. It is the first of 29 AEDs to be installed across Canberra over the coming months, a quarter of the suburbs of Canberra. The aim is that if you need a defib within 5 minutes of a cardiac arrest and an ambulance will take longer the proposal is underway with St John Ambulance ACT.