Community Program
Defib in Your Street
A St John Ambulance Victoria initiative creating the safest places in Australia to have a sudden cardiac arrest - 24/7 accessible defibrillators and free training
Sunshine
Our current project for 2024.
Click for free training and information on hosting a defibrillator.
St Albans
Our 2023 project.
St Albans has one of the highest rates of Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrests in Victoria.
Reservoir
Our 2022 pilot suburb.
Improving survival rates with the help of community members.
Did You Know?
- Over 7,300 cardiac arrests occur in Victoria each year.
- Most (80%) of sudden cardiac arrests happen in the home, not at the shops or at work, leaving people like you too far from the help you need.
- Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrests (OHCA) have a low survival rate of 5% in Victoria.
- Only 1.5% of people that have sudden cardiac arrests receive bystander defibrillation.
- CPR within the first 6 minutes of a sudden cardiac arrest, coupled with use of a defibrillator, increases the survival rates to as high as 70%.
GoodSAM
Join the GoodSAM app to help people in urgent need of first aid.
Become a partner
Enquire now and let us know how you would like to partner with the Defib in Your Street program.