DEFIBS4SAMUI PROJECT

The sudden sad passing of cricket legend Shane Warne on Samui in March 2022 highlighted an emergency within Samui’s public emergency services.

Rotary members were shocked to realise that very few public services rescue vehicles had defibrillators (AEDs).

We don’t know if a defib would have helped Shane but lack of this small piece of essential equipment is a poor state of affairs which has the potential to effect everyone living or visiting Samui.

Defibrillation plus CPR increases survival rates from heart attack to over 70%.

Read more on Shanes passing in the Daily Mail.

Samui Emergency Rescue is a volunteer emergency organisation, which is first on the scene in 95% of emergency calls, with an average arrival time of 4 minutes.

They respond to all emergency situations, such as motorbike and car accidents, heart attacks, drownings etc. Samui Rescue has 10 emergency vehicles stationed in 5 locations around the island.