{"id":19350,"date":"2022-12-01T10:35:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T10:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=19350"},"modified":"2022-12-01T10:35:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T10:35:59","slug":"life-saving-defibrillators-for-sports-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/12\/01\/life-saving-defibrillators-for-sports-clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Life-saving defibrillators for sports clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Community sporting clubs and organisations can now apply for life-saving defibrillators as part of the NSW Government\u2019s Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program.
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Minister for Sport Alister Henskens said the NSW Government has committed $2 million over four years to the program, ensuring more sporting clubs and councils are equipped to respond to life-threating emergencies.
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\u201cWhether you\u2019re at your local sailing club or playing footy with your mates, when someone has a cardiac arrest, time is crucial \u2013 they can happen to anyone, anytime, or anywhere so it\u2019s vital that a defibrillator is readily accessible,\u201d Mr Henskens said.
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\u201cThrough this funding, the NSW Liberals and National Government is ensuring our sport clubs and venues are safe environments for everyone, both on and off the field.\u201d
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Since 2017, more than 2,000 devices have been installed at sports facilities across the State.
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Co-deputy Director of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute Professor Jamie Vandenberg said people who play sport may think they are healthy but sudden cardiac arrest does not discriminate.
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\u201cSudden cardiac arrest is a devastating disease which takes the lives of nine out of ten people who suffer an arrest outside of hospital. It\u2019s vital we install as many life-saving defibrillators as possible across NSW and beyond and that people know how to use them,\u201d Professor Vandenberg said.
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\u201cI encourage sporting clubs to apply for these generous grants that will help prevent the trauma, and the heartache, that cardiac arrest causes families.”
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The Local Sports Defibrillator Program is available to sport and recreation clubs, associations and organisations as well as councils and service clubs. Up to $3,000 is available per device with organisations able to apply for up to three devices.
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Applications are open and close Friday 10 February 2023. For more information, visit\u00a0www.sport.nsw.gov.au\/grants\/local-sport-defibrillator-grant-program<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Community sporting clubs and organisations can now apply for life-saving defibrillators as part of the NSW Government\u2019s Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program.\u00a0Minister for Sport Alister Henskens said the NSW Government has committed $2 million over four years to the program, ensuring more sporting clubs and councils are equipped to respond to life-threating emergencies.\u00a0\u201cWhether you\u2019re at … Continue reading “Life-saving defibrillators for sports clubs”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19350"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19351,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19350\/revisions\/19351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}