Archive for category: Road Safety

Remind your child to always wait until the bus has gone before choosing a safe place to cross the road. Always drop them off or meet them on the same side of the road as the bus stop.

Help keep our kids safe: https://education.nsw.gov.au/schooling/parents-and-carers/safe-travel/safe-bus-travel-to-and-from-school

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Lights flash on the back of buses to warn motorists they’re picking up or dropping off kids.

Bus flashing lights: https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/road-users/drivers/be-bus-aware#Bus_flashing_lights

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Cardiac arrest is often unexpected and affects up to 9,000 people in NSW every year.

For every minute a patient doesn’t get chest compressions, also known as Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), their chances of survival fall by 7-10%.

That’s where GoodSAM comes in, an app that helps save lives by empowering the community to respond quickly when someone nearby goes into cardiac arrest.

CPR is easy and safe. You don’t need a formal qualification, and a NSW Ambulance Emergency Medical Call Taker will be on the phone to help you.

If you are willing and able to perform CPR and are 18 or older, you can sign up to receive GoodSAM alerts when someone needs help.

How GoodSAM works:

• Up to three GoodSAM volunteers receive an alert, and an ambulance is dispatched.
• As a GoodSAM volunteer, you choose whether to accept or reject the alert.
• If you accept the alert, the app tells you where to find the patient and the location of any nearby Automated
  External Defibrillators (AEDs), which you can collect on your way.
• Go to the patient and start CPR until paramedics arrive and take over.

Signing up is easy. Register as a volunteer, download the app, and sign in.

Can you help to save a life? Every minute counts. Sign up to GoodSAM today.

For more information about volunteering with GoodSAM, visit NSW Ambulance – GoodSAM.