The GoodSAM (Smartphone Activated Medics) application enables medically trained individuals to register and respond to suspected cardiac arrests occurring within a 1-km radius of their location. The smartphone app operates in the background and will send an alert to your phone. The Lake Ōkāreka Volunteer Fire Brigade would like residents with medical training, i.e. first aiders, first responders, EMTs, nurses, paramedics or doctors, to assist our brigade in responding to medical emergencies.
GoodSAM connects those in need with local community members who have life-saving skills to help until emergency services arrive. By alerting local residents to local incidents, GoodSAM aims to prevent the irreparable brain and heart damage which all too frequently occurs during a cardiac arrest or traumatic incident. Opening an airway and giving basic life support can radically alter the outcome for these patients. The problem has been finding people who can do this, alerting them, and rapidly getting them to the patients.
There are, of course, people with such skills; off-duty doctors, nurses, paramedics, police officers, first aiders and local residents are all "Good Samaritans" who are simply unaware of the emergency going on next door or outside their building. The Good SAM App utilises technology that can notify these individuals and assist the person in need.
If an ambulance is available, it takes approximately 10 minutes to respond to Lake Ōkāreka. However, for every minute that passes without CPR and defibrillation, the chances of survival decrease by 7-10%. International survival rates following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are highly variable and can range from less than 6% to greater than 50%.
There are, of course, people with such skills; off-duty doctors, nurses, paramedics, police officers, first aiders and local residents are all "Good Samaritans" who are simply unaware of the emergency going on next door or outside their building. The Good SAM App utilises technology that can notify these individuals and assist the person in need.
If an ambulance is available, it takes approximately 10 minutes to respond to Lake Ōkāreka. However, for every minute that passes without CPR and defibrillation, the chances of survival decrease by 7-10%. International survival rates following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are highly variable and can range from less than 6% to greater than 50%.
Data from Hato Hone St John clearly demonstrate the improved outcome for patients, as evidenced by increased survival rates, when bystander perform CPR, community defibrillators, and GoodSAM responders are available. There are three automated external defibrillators in the community, located at the Fire Station at 1 Acacia Road, 15 Steep Street, and the Lake Ōkāreka Community Hall at 71 Ōkāreka Loop Road. You can access them on the way to the respective addresses.
The goal is to get an AED to a suspected cardiac arrest as soon as possible – the sooner we start CPR and use an AED the better the chances of survival for your family members, friends and neighbours.
For more information, visit: www.goodsamapp.org
www.stjohn.org.nz/first-aid/goodsam
Data from Hato Hone St John clearly demonstrate the improved outcome for patients, as evidenced by increased survival rates, when bystander perform CPR, community defibrillators, and GoodSAM responders are available. There are three automated external defibrillators in the community, located at the Fire Station at 1 Acacia Road, 15 Steep Street, and the Lake Ōkāreka Community Hall at 71 Ōkāreka Loop Road. You can access them on the way to the respective addresses.
The goal is to get an AED to a suspected cardiac arrest as soon as possible – the sooner we start CPR and use an AED the better the chances of survival for your family members, friends and neighbours.
For more information, visit: www.goodsamapp.org
www.stjohn.org.nz/first-aid/goodsam
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