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Lead by example, look out, join in, speak up.
Safety
– it’s in your hands.
• One in three Australians personally knows someone who has had a heart attack.
• In 2019, an estimated 57,700 people aged 25 and over had an acute coronary event in the form of a heart attack or un- stable angina – around 158 events every day. Of these, 7,400 (13%) were fatal.
• Heart attacks kill around 40% more males than females.
• Time is of the essence. The chance of saving someone lessens by 10% for each minute their heart has stopped.
• Within 1 minute = 90% chance of full recovery
• Within2minutes=80%offullrecovery
• Within5minutes=50%offullrecovery
• Within7minutes=30%offullrecovery
• After 10 minutes it is purely up to
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chance, most victims will not survive.
