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13 October 2022
Neil's Story: “You don’t think you’ll need it until one day you do - get the training before you need to use it".
Neil has often been at the right place in the right time to save a life. When he started going to annual first-aid training for his job, he didn’t expect these skills to be used so often throughout…
13 October 2022
Kate's Story: "Don’t wait for a tragic event to happen to get trained to save a life. It is very easy to learn"
Kate Robb is a Registered Nurse with over 39 years of experience, describing herself as having a basic need to help people. As a Critical Care Nurse, Kate is familiar with responding to emergency…
23 May 2022
Quality Resuscitation Credentials Must be Standardised: An Open Letter to Key Stakeholders for Future Planning
Dear Colleague As part of their response to the COVID-19 pandemic and with constraints on training budgets, several health providers have developed their own in-house training which they describe…
13 May 2022
Obituary: Dr Richard Aickin
AICKIN, Richard Paul. Richard died on the 8th of May 2022 aged 62 years, reluctantly and way too soon. Beloved husband of Jan and father of Harry. Dear friend of Tracey and much beloved father of…
2 May 2022
Fewer people surviving cardiac arrests in community, 1 in 4 get to hospital alive
Fewer New Zealanders are surviving cardiac arrests that occur outside of hospital, with survival rates down for the second consecutive year – a fact experts believe is linked to disruptions caused by…
6 April 2022
CPR Saved my Life: Quick action from parents saves 20 year old’s life
A 20-year-old is not usually someone you would associate with a cardiac arrest. A cardiac arrest can happen to anyone, anywhere and at any time without warning.