Noosa Heads Rotary Club will donate six defibrillators along the Noosa River foreshore as the their 100th birthday gift to the Noosa community.
The celebration of 100 years of Rotary in Australia will take place on April 21 and the defibrillators are able to be donated with the assistance of a state government grant.
President of the Rotary Club of Noosa Heads Geoff Bone, along with club Director, Bob Birkhead, recently met with local member, Sandy Bolton, to express appreciation for the support from the state government and to discuss the life saving potential of this decision.
Geoff said, “As a club committed to providing community service we know that these life saving devices will certainly benefit both residents and visitors to our community – whilst it is Rotary’s Australian birthday but this time we are giving the presents.“
Each day hundreds walk along the foreshores of the Noosa Rivers as part of their daily exercise routine with families enjoying the relaxing atmosphere around the barbecues, playgrounds and facilities.
Sandy Bolton MP began advocating for a centralised Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) register for Queensland in 2018, with the Queensland Ambulance Service commencing this in 2020.
Sandy said, “Although it is in it’s infancy it is only for access by Emergency Medical Dispatchers, we do have several suggestions being considered for it’s expansion and to improve the access to the information by the public – this is vitally important as AEDS’s are proven to save lives.“
“Our sincere thanks go to the Noosa Heads Rotary Club for their support of AED’s within our community.“
For anyone wanting to lodge the location of their AED with Queensland Ambulance Service you can go to their website www.ambulance.qld.gov.au/registered
As part of the gift to the community Noosa Heads Rotary, it is planned to conduct sessions at Tait Duke Cottage for people to gain knowledge of CPR and the operation of the defibrillators.
Geoff said, “Our Rotary Club is firmly committed to making a difference in our community with a number of projects being planned, and this is one very important step in supporting the community.
“As a club we would like to engage with people of all age groups and backgrounds to consider being part of our Rotary family.“
For more information www.rotarynoosaheads.org.au of give us a call on 0427 708 928.
