Register your Automated External Defibrillator with Ambulance Victoria

Published on 07 March 2022

Almost 7,000 Victorians a year suffer a cardiac arrest away from hospital, with an increasing number of cases in rural Victoria over the past ten years. Bystanders can make a huge difference to a patient’s outcome by administering CPR and using a defibrillator in the critical minutes before an ambulance arrives. With the chance of survival increasing by 62% with defibrillation and reducing by up to 10% every minute that passes without it, everyone has a role to play when it comes to an emergency.

However, an estimated 2,500 AEDs are bought in Victoria each year but not registered, and the whereabouts of up to 15,000 AEDs is unknown across the state. Registration in rural communities is lower than in Melbourne.

Loddon Shire Council is urging those organisations who own or house an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), including schools, medical practices, businesses, community organisations and sporting clubs, to take a moment to register their device online with Ambulance Victoria at https://ambulance.vic.gov.au/register

According to the internationally recognised Utstein measure rating, Victoria has one of the best cardiac survival rates in the world, thanks to a number of initiatives such Ambulance Victoria’s GoodSAM app, which connects Victorians in cardiac arrest with responders and AEDs.  https://www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/goodsam/

Register your AED today or find out where your nearest one is located at the Ambulance Victoria AED Registry: https://ambulance.vic.gov.au/register