Send for help through your SLS state communication centre by stating:
- RESCUE RESCUE RESCUE CPR IN PROGRESS AT CRONULLA BEACH
(*your location, for example “Cronulla Beach Tower”, “Cronulla Beach IRB”). - Pause and allow the SLS state communication centre time to respond and activate an Ambulance.
- Following the initial activation call and SLS state communication centre response, utilise the 4 Ps to relay further details, including Position, Problem, People, Progress.
Alternatively, especially when alone, or in the absence of a radio signal (out of patrol hours, or if you patrol in a region without SLS state communication centres), phone triple zero (000) and request an Ambulance. Note: when calling 000, it is recommended you place your phone on loudspeaker and continue assessing airway and breathing, then commence CPR and speak to the call taker once connected – do not delay steps in your primary assessment while waiting to be connected, as it is important to minimise delays to starting CPR.
The initial radio call is used to initiate an urgent chain reaction in activating further help from both the Patrol team and activation of a 000 call. Ambulance Services in Australia dispatch crews immediately upon information that would suggest a cardiac arrest is in progress. Prepare to stay with the patient until they have been safely handed over.
Request assistance and equipment (Oxygen and AED) from other patrol team members and/or bystanders and ask that they report back to you to ensure emergency services have been called, closing the communication loop.
