Health Clubs & Gyms
“If someone has a Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) in the gym isn’t it the paramedics job?”
No, helping to save the life of one of your members or guests is a joint reasonability and effort. Waiting for the paramedics will result in a less than 5% survival rate.
Despite their goal of improving health and fitness among the population, the unfortunate reality for fitness facilities is that their members may intentionally push themselves over the limits of physical exertion on a regular basis. Because a cardiac arrest rarely displays any warning signs, it can effect everyone no matter how fit therefore no one is truly safe from this incredible danger.
The number one single killer in Australia is Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA), killing more than 33,000 people every year and people working out at a health club are at a greater risk of sudden cardiac arrest during and shortly after vigorous exercise. It can strike anyone, anywhere, at any time, and in most cases, without warning or previous symptoms.
A health club’s emergency response program should include a defibrillation plan using an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) as protection for their members and guests.
Without treatment at the scene by club staff, the victim may have only minutes to live. Unfortunately the ambulance does not arrive in time and as a result, typical survival rates are now less than 5%. However with quick response by gym staff using an AED can increase survival rates to well over 50%. The only definitive proven treatment for Sudden Cardiac Arrest is defibrillation. With their well-trained staff, fitness facilities with AEDs can respond extremely quickly to victims of sudden cardiac arrest. Many lives have already been saved by rescuers in these types of facilities.
Imaging the effect on you club and members if you lost someone in the gym to Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) and then imaging the feeling if you saved someone.
An Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) should be part of your standard health club’s equipment.Ongoing Program Support
Australian Defibrillators has seen a need to provide an ongoing solution for the management of your AED Program and has a developed a comprehensive web based monitoring program AED Web Manager that notifies you and ourselves when critical maintenance pad/battery replacement dates are approaching or operators are due for re-certification therefore ensuring your AED Program is fully operational in the event of a Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA).
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