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Seaforth locals provided with critical health care

The Hibiscus Coast town of Seaforth has been given a generous donation from a local club.

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05th April 2020 6:04 AM

Seaforth Police Station has received a defibrillator from a local RSL.

‘It saved a Wiggle’: Quest to teach life-saving skills

‘Most people don’t know how to perform CPR and are scared of using a defibrillator, even if it could save a life.’

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20th Jan. 2020 2:01 PM

SAVING LIVES: Kingaroy Ambulance Station officer-in-charge Mei-Lin Dean teaches her daughter, Tiahna Dean, CPR with the help of Kingaroy Local Ambulance Committee president John Box.

Kids Git Up, boogie down for special cause

WATCH: It’s the dance craze that’s captivated the world, but this group of Coast kids doing the cowboy boogie has a special...

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24th Dec. 2019 11:12 AM

Eight-year-old Amelia Pietersen from Nambour was delighted when Santa visited the Children's Therapy Centre. Photo: Contributed

Dying dad ‘on his back, blue as anything’

A Maroochydore lifesaver turned to his junior trainees and said “something bad has happened” as a woman ran screaming down...

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08th Nov. 2019 10:11 AM

Maroochydore surf lifesaver volunteer Robin Smith was the first responder when Bryce Johns had a cardiac arrest at Cotton Tree.

Community to get first-hand experience

Biggenden Local Ambulance Committee have plans for the coming year by holding an open day and purchasing a practice...

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16th Oct. 2019 4:10 PM

NEX EXECUTIVE: Biggenden Local Ambulance Committee, John O'Brien, Kae Dunne, Chris Roberts and Leo Heaton with QAS director Russell Cooke at its annual meeting last week.

Cardiac arrest survivor takes on lifesaving mission

Emily Counter’s passion for heart health has led to an ambassadorship with a new technology that could “revolutionise...

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12th Oct. 2019 2:10 PM

Emily Counter receives a defibrillator from John Haines after she had a sudden cardiac arrest while on a rowing machine. Photo: John McCutcheon / Sunshine Coast Daily

How men brought workmate back to life five times

WORKERS at Casino Meatworks said their college "was stiff as a bloody board" after he kept flatlining while at work.

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25th Sept. 2019 4:09 PM

Dave Carroll in the centre holding the defibrillator, with the men who saved his life- Darren Grimston, Darrell Schultz, Jason Keep, Luke Murphy and Steve Formaggian outside the boning room at Casino's NCMC.

Table tennis association installs auto-defibrillator

THE Toowoomba Table Tennis Association has made its facilities on Herries St in East Toowoomba even safer, after installing...

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03rd Sept. 2019 5:09 AM

Automatic defibrillator has been installed at the Toowoomba Table Tennis Association facility.

The number of defibrillators double in Warwick

Support from Pentath-run takes community defibrillator numbers to 10

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30th July 2019 3:07 PM

DONATION: Nancy De Prada, Darren and Kylie Hart, Margaret Trahair, Gordon Kimber, Barbara Cutmore, Ken Ashton, Barry Kelly, Rob Davey, Peter Darton, Karen and Keith Clarke, Lachlan Winten, Harry Marshall, Karen Gilchrist, Sandra and John Head, Nicole McKenzie and Jenny Thornton.

How community group's donation could save lives

"As a non-for-profit organisation we weren't able to afford something like this.”

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12th July 2019 4:07 PM

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