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Speaker 1: We have been doing this all week. We recently learned

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Speaker 1: that WA has the worst drownings statistics in the country.

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Speaker 1: We were surprised and we were alarmed, and heading into summer,

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Speaker 1: we wanted to talk about the importance of knowing how

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Speaker 1: to swim and also knowing CPR, because it's incredibly beneficial

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Speaker 1: to have some CPR skills. And that's why, and that's

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Speaker 1: what we're looking at today with Meg's O'Donnell from Saint John.

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Speaker 1: Megs is the WA Chief Preventative. It's a great word

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Speaker 1: preventative officer.

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Speaker 2: Hello Megsawn, Meg.

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Speaker 3: Morning, how are you going good?

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Speaker 1: So, first of all, tell us about the CPR and

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Speaker 1: first aid courses that Saint John offer.

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Speaker 3: Well, Saint John has a wide range of first aid courses,

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Speaker 3: So for those who really haven't done any first aid

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Speaker 3: training before, we've got a really comprehensive kind of two

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Speaker 3: day course either online and in person, right through to

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Speaker 3: those who maybe have done some first aid before and

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Speaker 3: just want to be able to do some refresher on

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Speaker 3: import skilled fight CPR. So generally, if you jump onto

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Speaker 3: our website, there's a form of first aid training pretty

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Speaker 3: much to anyone is CP.

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Speaker 1: I've often wondered, is CPR something that you can even

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Speaker 1: like attempt if you have had no instruction in it.

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Speaker 3: Yes, And I think a key thing is if you

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Speaker 3: ring us, If you ring triple O, our call operators

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Speaker 3: will immediately help you and instruct you and guide you

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Speaker 3: as to how to do it. So they'll be with

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Speaker 3: you every step of the way. So even if you

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Speaker 3: haven't had the training, they're there to support you. So

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Speaker 3: as soon as you ring triple oh, you'll be able

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Speaker 3: to do it.

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Speaker 2: Something is better than nothing, Yeah, exactly, and just attempting something,

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Speaker 2: you know, what are the rates of survival when CPR

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Speaker 2: is performed quickly? You know, whether you know it or not.

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Speaker 3: So if you can perform immediate CPR on someone, you

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Speaker 3: can double or even triple their chances of survival. So

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Speaker 3: those first couple of minutes are critical.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we have been talking you know about you know,

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Speaker 1: near drowning situations this week megs with CPR, and that

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Speaker 1: can in that situation. How quickly can brain damage begin

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Speaker 1: if it's not done well.

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Speaker 3: I think the unique thing about drowning is that the

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Speaker 3: heart stops because of oxygen deprivations. So if you've seen

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Speaker 3: someone who's drowning or drowned, then CPR immediately is important

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Speaker 3: because you know that their brain has been deprived of oxygen.

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Speaker 3: So the quicker that you start doing CPR and get

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Speaker 3: those rescue breaths and compressions in, the more likely they

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Speaker 3: are to recover and also recover without any long term damage.

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Speaker 3: So again those first couple of minutes, just get your

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Speaker 3: hand on chest to start doing CPR as quickly as possible.

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Speaker 2: Megs. So people are attempting it, they may not have

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Speaker 2: the full understanding of CPR. But there's an old saying

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Speaker 2: that there's a certain song that if you have it

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Speaker 2: in your minds and if you're doing it to this beat,

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Speaker 2: it's ironic that it's staying alive.

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Speaker 1: It's not they didn't choose this because it's called staying alive.

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Speaker 2: It just happens.

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Speaker 4: Is this true? It's just it is.

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Speaker 3: It's just that it's the perfect beat for that song

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Speaker 3: to do compression too. So if you think of that,

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Speaker 3: there's a couple of others, like there's another one Bites

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Speaker 3: the Dust.

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Speaker 2: By Queen's that's a badly named.

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Speaker 4: One thought, and then the other really annoying one for parents,

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Speaker 4: but it's very good. Is baby sharks, Baby shark.

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Speaker 2: I'm sticking with staying alive. Megs, I'm sorry, or I'll

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Speaker 2: do another one bites the dust, but just not say the.

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Speaker 3: Words that's true, true?

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Speaker 1: What would you say to people who and I would

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Speaker 1: be of these people, I would be if I not

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Speaker 1: having CPR actual instruction, I'd be a bit nervous. If

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Speaker 1: I was thrown into the situation, I'd be scared. You

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Speaker 1: know that I was going to I don't know, break

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Speaker 1: a rib or something. What is that something that you

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Speaker 1: know you can give some advice to get over? Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I think at the end of the day, if someone's

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Speaker 3: heart stopped, they desperately want someone to help them. So

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Speaker 3: any help is better than nothing. So just lean in

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Speaker 3: and again just a reminder, as soon as you ring

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Speaker 3: triple O, our team are there to.

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Speaker 1: Able to talk you through it.

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Speaker 3: So they will talk you through it. But you know,

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Speaker 3: anyone who's that in that circumstance really just needs help,

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Speaker 3: So and bystand to help before our paramedics get there

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Speaker 3: make all the difference.

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Speaker 2: And that's the great thing. I guess with everybody having

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Speaker 2: a phone or someone nearby having a phone on them

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Speaker 2: all the time, it's called triple zero straight away, get

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Speaker 2: help and it just increases the chances of survival absolutely well.

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Speaker 1: Now is the time to get yourself along to one

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Speaker 1: of these amazing courses. For more information on CPR and

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Speaker 1: first aid courses, head to Saint John w A dot

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Speaker 1: com dot au. It's just invaluable, it's an invaluable skill.

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Speaker 2: And it's the time if you used to do it before.

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Speaker 3: Definitely, Meg, thanks for present.

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Speaker 1: That the person who's got everything get them a skill. Megs,

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Speaker 1: thanks for joining us.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, We really appreciate it. So there's some very

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Speaker 2: very good advice from Meg o'donald from Saint John