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Defibrillator Brands

May 5, 2013 at

Your Defibshop stocks a range of defibrillators. The range we stock are reputable brand names. Manufactured and built to the best world wide standards, a defibrillator you buy from your Defibshop is a quality product. There are many defibrillators on the market. The range stocked by your Defibshop are tried, tested and proven in the… Read More »

Benefits of having an AED / PAD

April 5, 2013 at

The greatest benefit to having a defibrillator is that they DO save lives. Having a defibrillator at hand may increase the chance of survival from around 10% with only good effective CPR, up to possibly 60-80% with a defibrillator at hand for immediate use. Defibshop Managing Director Carpet Hughes, who is an Intensive Care Paramedic… Read More »

CPR Guidelines

April 4, 2013 at

In Australia we have guidelines for the performance of CPR and resuscitation. The Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) is the body that sets Australian Guidelines. In conjunction with many medical personnel and discussion and research with other bodies such as ILCOR (International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation), the ARC regularly review and from time to time update… Read More »

Rural & Remote Communities

April 4, 2013 at

Your Defibshop provides a service to all Australians – Australia wide. Whilst in our major cities and communities we are fortunate to have excellent ambulance services, with some of the best qualified paramedics in the world, it won’t help when those resources are an hour, or many hours away. Even services like The Royal Flying… Read More »

After using your Defibrillator / AED

April 4, 2013 at

Your Defibshop online store can assist you after using your defibrillator. Have you used your defibrillator? If you have used your defibrillator defibrillation pads, you will need to replace them with a new set. Defibrillation pads are a ‘once only’ use consumable. You cannot reuse them on another patient. Like most medical equipment, the defibrillation… Read More »

Where to place Defib pads

April 4, 2013 at

Defibrillation pads are placed on the patients bare chest. All defibrillators sold by your Defibshop have clear instructions on where to place the defibrillation pads. Simply, they go on the front (anterior) of the chest, one above the right nipple, and the other on the left side of the chest below the left breast area.… Read More »

AED / Defibrillator Safety

April 4, 2013 at

Defibrillators are very safe to use. The defibrillators / AED’s you will see in public are all designed for anyone to use – with or without training. Modern units talk you through the steps to delivering a shock to the patient suffering a Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). A defibrillator designed for public access use will… Read More »

Chain of Survival

April 4, 2013 at

Call for help Early CPR Early Defibrillation Survival

Defibrillator Trainers

April 4, 2013 at

All brands of defibrillator units have a training model available to enable you to practice a cardiac arrest drill. If you have purchased a defibrillator from your Defibshop, we will have a training model also available. See your Defibshop online store for your trainer. additionally, all training consumables are available for you to purchase online.

Batteries

April 2, 2013 at

Defibrillators are powered by batteries installed in the unit. There are different types of batteries used by different manufacturers. Your defibrillator should allow easy access to the battery compartment for you to replace old batteries. Different defibrillator batteries have different periods of life will depend on the amount of use as to when you may… Read More »