The potentially life saving location details of mobile phone Triple ‘0’ callers are not being provided, reports Sydney Morning Herald. Over one million triple zero calls are said to be made on a mobile phone, each year. However, unlike landline based calls, the call-location details are not provided by phone carriers to Emergency Services. Mobile … Continue reading →

A former junior world triathlon champion has today thanked her rescuers after she was amazingly revived after a total of 40 minutes. Clare Carney, received CPR and defibrillation after she suffered a life threatening cardiac arrest whilst swimming at Melbourne’s Sports & Aquatic Centre last November. After being found floating face down in the pool, … Continue reading →

A person has collapsed and stopped breathing, you’ve never been trained in CPR and all you have is a CPR flowchart available. Is the CPR chart really going to help you? Well this is the question that has been answered thanks to the latest research. The study investigated whether a CPR flowchart had any real … Continue reading →

With temperatures across New South Wales expected to soar over the next couple of days, the Ambulance Service has released great tips on how to beat this extreme weather. Ambulance Chief Superintendent Ian Johns says the heat will affect everyone and it’s important not to under-estimate the heat and over-estimate your ability. It is very … Continue reading →

A stranger from the crowd, has revived a man using his CPR skills and has left the scene before he could be thanked. The incident occurred yesterday near the Kiama Blowhole where a snorkeller became unconscious and had to be rescued. A passer-by came to the snorkeller’s aid and started delivering chest compressions. The bystander … Continue reading →

From the NSW Ambulance Facebook Page “Learn First Aid! That’s the message we would like to extend to the community today following a spike in water related incidents around our beaches and swimming pools. In the past 24 hours, our paramedics assisted more than twelve people across the state who drowned or nearly drowned, some … Continue reading →