PRESIDENT REX SHIELDS welcomed members and guest speaker Craig Beamish.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT:
Attended Service Providers meeting:
Flying Doctor transport for medical appointments will be introduced.
Carers Gateway Service giving support to carers.
Physio recovery service for mental health.
Board Meeting tonight.
Sunday Lions Ladies High Tea.
Saturday BBQ in Newman Park at 9am.
CHAIR: P.P. GARY PHILLIPS:
Back at work under difficult situation with absentee teachers due to COVID and flu. Canceling one year class each day to cope.
GUEST SPEAKER: CRAIG BEAMISH.
Craig Beamish, Ambulance Victoria Team Manager at Numurkah spoke to the club about community AED.
AED's save lives of patients with cardiac arrest. CPR and defibrillators important, as longer wait the brain cells start to die off.
Cardiac arrest is often unexpected. For every minute a patient doesn’t get CPR/defibrillation, their chances of survival fall by 10%.
External defibrillators designed for community members to use with minimal training. Internal computer analysis rhythm and instructs actions to be taken.
Currently 16-18 defibrillators registered in Numurkah with only one accessible 24 hours at the Senior Citizen Club.
GoodSAM is a free global smartphone app that alerts responders to someone nearby in cardiac arrest. GoodSAM is linked to the Triple Zero (000) communications centre, so as soon as an ambulance is dispatched, a GoodSAM alert will notify responders.
How does it work?
How to help a stranger in cardiac arrest? It’s easier than you think.
A Triple Zero call (000) triggers an alert to be sent to a GoodSAM Responder.
The responder is told the location of the patient and the nearest available defibrillator (AED).
At the same time, the closest available ambulance is simultaneously sent to the patient, and in some parts of Victoria, the fire brigade is also dispatched.
Meanwhile, the GoodSAM Responder can provide CPR and, if possible, make use of the nearest available defibrillator. This gives the patient a greater chance of survival.
REPORTS
P.P. STEPHEN MILLS:
Soldier Settler Memorial committee met. Club has been nominated for an award.
A surplus of $1,671.60, with discussion the money could be used by Historical Society to add a chapter to the 50th Anniversary book re the 75th Anniversary and also recording oral history.
GARRY McNAMARA:
This Saturday monthly BBQ in Newman Square required 3 volunteers at 9am.
P.P. MARK McNAMARA:
Rae Holmes funeral well attended by Rotary members. Geoff spoke well.
A.G.. LORRAINE GREEWOOD:
Next Monday, club will meet with the Nathalia club to hear details of Rotary "Regionalization" at the Waaia Hotel. Clubs will be required to vote on pilot program.
International Convention next year in Melbourne, with 20,000 from around the world expected to attend. A great opportunity for us to attend.
With concern on membership, RI are encouraging the formation of Rotaract Clubs for 18-25 year old's.
Waaia Hotel menu, courtesy Stephen Mills.
ATTENDANCE:
4 apologies. 19 in attendance. 67.87%
HEADS & TAILS:
Chris Sutton.
NEXT MEETING
DATE: MONDAY 8th AUGUST 2022
VENUE: WAAIA HOTEL
CHAIR: REX SHIELD
COMBINED MEETING WITH NATHALIA ROTARY
APOLOGIES:
Ivan Routley
Phone: 0428 646 228
TO END WITH A SMILE
Feeling down about my thinning hair, I told a friend, “Soon I’ll never need to go back to the beauty salon. Whenever I vacuum, all I pick up is my hair.” A glass-half-full kind of gal, she responded, “Well, then you won’t need to vacuum either.”
