New map helps NSW residents find lifesaving defibrillators
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NSW communities will benefit from easier access to lifesaving defibrillators, with a new AED map now live on the NSW Ambulance website and GoodSAM app. Cardiac arrest survivor Kent Ross says a defibrillator saved his life.
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- Kent Ross collapsed from cardiac arrest at Pennant Hills Golf Club.
- His friends used a defibrillator and performed CPR until paramedics arrived. 12s
- Paramedics credited the quick use of CPR and an AED for saving Ross's life. 32s
- Ross and his friends are now promoting an online map of 5,300 AED locations in NSW. 40s
- NSW Ambulance responds to about 10,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests each year, but few have positive outcomes like this. 53s