‘Given’ out defibs

By Lachlan Ellis

A local primary school has expressed its gratitude, after being donated a life-saving device worth thousands of dollars.

Mount Egerton Primary School was gifted a defibrillator by John Given, and Principal Tegan Bell said it was a vital piece of equipment not just for the safety of students, but the Mount Egerton community as a whole.

“Having a defib really increases the chain of survival, it’s such a good thing to have at our school, and in the community in general. If something happens in the community, it’s available for them to come and use as well,” she told the Moorabool News.

“Being such a small school, we might only have two staff here at one time. Without a defib, you’d have one staff member herding the students away from the traumatic situation, while one staff member would be calling Triple Zero, on the phone while administering CPR. I don’t know how long it would take an ambulance to get out here…and with CPR, you only have a short time where you’re effectively administering it.”

Ms Bell said Mr Given’s donation had come as a complete surprise.

“I got a phone call out of the blue last year during lockdown. Mr Given rang and asked if we had a defib…I said no we don’t, and he wanted to donate one to our school. He’d actually made a few donations previously to other schools,” she said.

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in the 29 March 2022 edition
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