Safety, Health and Injury Management and Wellbeing

Defibrillator

Our role is to develop and assist in the implementation of the UWA safety, health and wellbeing programs in order to minimise the risk of injury, illness and property damage.

We provide consultancy and other services to promote best practice and legislative compliance in all University and related activities.

An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a portable and easy-to-operate medical device that analyses an unconscious victim?s heart rhythm and determines if a shock is required if they are having a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).

An AED will not deliver a shock unless its built-in computer detects a shockable heart rhythm.

Semi-automatic AEDs will prompt the rescuer to administer a shock.

AEDs are provided for use by UWA and UWA-affiliated first aid trained personnel to assist in the resuscitation of staff, students, contractors and visitors as necessary. In the absence of trained personnel a witness of a sudden cardiac arrest could act in the first instance by opening the lid of the AED and pushing it back till it locks and follow the voice and text prompts.

For Life Threatening Emergencies dial 000 (if phoning from UWA dial 0 for outside line) also dial UWA Security (+61 8) 6488 2222.

All uses of the AEDs must be reported to UWA Security and Parking (+61 8 6488 3020) and UWA Safety and Health (+61 8 6488 3938).

There is a twice-yearly maintenance and service contract on all defibrillators.

Locations

The University has a number of AEDs at the following locations:

Area Responsible Location Contact
55 Broadway Building Wall-mounted - 1st Floor, Room 1.23 (west wall of main staircase) Pierre Murat (+61 8) 6488 3615
Albany Centre Wall-mounted - Albany Centre Reception east wall TBA (+61 8) 9842 0810
Anatomy Wall-mounted - Anatomy Reception 1.05, north wall Deb Hull (+61 8) 6488 3313
Barry J Marshall Library Kept at Front Desk TBA (+61 8) 6488 6717
Bilya Marlee Building (SIS) Ground Floor, Reception Desk Kayla Johns (+61 8) 6488 3428
Business School Wall-mounted - Reception Western Wall Kate Hutchinson (+61 8) 6488 4737
CELT - Claremont Campus Kept in cupboard - Reception Western Wall Shiau Lin Seah Barnett
Centre for Sleep Science Wall-mounted - in the monitoring room G03Kath Maddison (+61 8) 6488 8689
Claremont Gym (Hakea) (IMAC) Wall-mounted G12 Ground floor Gym Building 5 Kate Campbell 6488 4310
Computer Science Wall-mounted - Level 1 near admin Hass Sadeghi-Barzani 6488 6860
Design School - Nedlands Campus Wall-mounted - Entrance to Cullity gallery (inside near fire panel) Guy Eddington (+61 8) 6488 1551
EMS - Engineering (Bldg 224) Wall-mounted - ground floor entry (from James Oval) in the large foyer area Paul Stanwix (+61 8) 6488 8517
E-Zone Student Support Office GO1 - Ezone North Geri Ngui (+61 8) 6488 3061
Forrest Hall Wall-mounted - in the cupboard opposite the Kitchenette on the ground floor Virginia Mosk (+61 8) 6488 5598
Gingin TBA John Moore
Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre (IOMRC) Wall mounted - Ground Floor Lobby Gyembo Gyeltshen (+61 8) 6488 7270
Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre (IOMRC) Wall mounted in AIMS Reception - 3rd Floor Sabrina Arklie (+61) 0407 191 850
Ken and Julie Michael Building Wall-mounted 1st floor foyer near elevators TBA (+61 8) 6488 5072
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery (LWAG) Wall-mounted - near reception Minette Brewin
Medical Centre Wall mounted - NurseTreatment Room Sharon Almeida (+61 8) 6488 5897
Myers Street Building Wall-mounted - Ground Floor, Room G08 (Building Workshops) Derek Imrie (+61 8) 6488 2019
Optometry TBA (currently in cupboard at Reception) Priscilla Ganesan
Oral Health Centre Wall-mounted - 3rd Floor, Admin Foyer Robin Ford (+61 8) 6457 7646
Oral Health Centre Wall-mounted - 2nd Floor, Lift Foyer Robin Ford (+61 8) 6457 7646
Oral Health Centre Wall-mounted - 1st Floor Entrance, specialist clinic Robin Ford (+61 8) 6457 7646
Oral Health Centre Ground Floor - Opposite lifts Robin Ford (+61 8) 6457 7646
Oral Surgery E Block SCGH Wall mounted - Ground floor Robin Ford (+61 8) 6457 7646
Oral Health Centre Wall mounted - Basement, next to lift Robin Ford (+61 8) 6457 7646
Oral Health Centre - Bunbury Wall-mounted - In the Clinic near main entrance Robin Ford (+61 8) 6457 7646
Physics Wall-mounted - In the Physics Atrium on the ground floor David Gozzard
Plant Growth Facility In Glasshouse Services Building Bill Piasini 0418 314 117 and Robert Creasy 0417 996 872
QEII Medical Centre, M Block Wall-mounted - In the foyer TBA (+61 8) 6457 2316
Reid Library Unavailable until further notice Kael Driscoll (+61 8) 6488 3656
Ridgefield Farm Wall mounted in the Old Shearing Shed (near Page Rd entrance to farm) Tim Watts 0427 871 321
School of Molecular Sciences - Bayliss Building Wall mounted. Alcove across from Chemistry Store TBA (+61 8) 6488 7352
Security Security Vechicles and Security Office Cliff Lacey (+61 8) 6488 1558 / (+61) 0403 715 766
Shenton Park Field Station Eastern Laboratory - Upstairs near Room G02 Michael Blair 6488 6683
Sport Science, Exercise and Health (UWA Aquatic Centre) Wall-mounted - Pool area First Aid Room ground floor Kate Campbell 6488 4310
Sport Science, Exercise and Health Wall-mounted - South building 1st floor outside lab 1105 Kate Campbell (+61 8) 6488 4310
Sport Science, Exercise and Health UWA Aquatic Centre) Wall-mounted - Water Polo storage room G113 Kate Campbell 6488 4310
Sport Science, Exercise and Health Wall-mounted - North Building ground floor entrance foyer Kate Campbell (+61 8) 6488 4310
Sports and Recreation Centre Wall-mounted - Front Desk Kate Campbell 6488 4310
UniClub Wall mounted - Main Entry Gary Ellis (+61 8) 6488 2660
UWA Sports Park (McGillivrary) On top shelf - Ground Keepers Office Kate Campbell 6488 4310
UWA Sports Park, Athletics Club (McGillivrary) TBA Kate Campbell 6488 4310
UWA Sports Park, Hockey Centre (McGillivrary) Wall-mounted ? In a locked and alarmed room - room unlocked and unalarmed during Hockey Superturf bookings and Hockey WA Fixtures Kate Campbell 6488 4310
UWA Water Sports Complex West wall just inside ground floor change room corridor. Kate Campbell 6488 4310
Winthrop Hall Wall-mounted ? Northern stairwell between Winthrop Hall Foyer and Undercroft Rob Lines 6488 2441
Zoology Wall-mounted ground floor, near lift Stephen Robinson 6488 6738