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Cr Danita Potter, Neil Black and Wayne Bushell from the Kingaroy Rotary Club, librarian Kim Gough and Library Services supervisor Helen Swendson at the AED handover on Tuesday (Photo: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 23, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Kingaroy Library will become a safer place to visit from Tuesday onwards, thanks to the Kingaroy Rotary Club.<\/p>\n

The library is now home to an Automated External Defibrillator (AED).<\/p>\n

Members of the Kingaroy Rotary Club met up with Cr Danita Potter and library staff on Tuesday for the official handover of the device.<\/p>\n

“This project will have a positive impact on our community, and I would like to express our appreciation to Kingaroy Rotary Club for donating this AED to the library,” Cr Danita Potter said.<\/p>\n

“I hope the need for it will never be realised.<\/p>\n

“But if someone has a cardiac emergency here or nearby, it could help prevent a tragedy that otherwise may not have been averted.”<\/p>\n

Kingaroy Rotary Club president Wayne Bushell said the group first realised the need for AEDs in 2014.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We found that while many South Burnett organisations and businesses trained their staff in first aid – and part of that training involved the use of an AED – no-one at that time owned one,” Wayne said.<\/p>\n

“We recently identified the Kingaroy Library as a possible candidate for a defibrillator location, given the age of some of its members and its central location.”<\/p>\n

All library staff will be trained to use the AED and the South Burnett Regional Council will be responsible for its maintenance and upkeep.<\/p>\n

However, the cost will be minimal compared to the peace of mind the AED will bring.<\/p>\n

“Statistics show that early intervention in cases of cardiac arrest (within the first 5 minutes) can dramatically improve outcomes for victims if an AED is available,” Wayne said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“For every minute a person in cardiac arrest goes without being successfully treated by defibrillation, the chance of survival decreases by 7 per cent per minute for the first 3 minutes, and decreases by 10 per cent per minute beyond that.<\/p>\n

“Given there are many sports and community groups located in areas where immediate medical assistance is not available, the response time is usually greater than 5 minutes and their members are exposed to higher risk of fatality in a cardiac arrest,” Wayne said.<\/p>\n

“That’s why the Rotary Club initiated this project, and to date we have purchased and supplied eleven units throughout the Kingaroy community.”<\/p>\n

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