CPR & AED familiarisation

Do you want to know how to perform CPR effectively and how to unpack and use an AED? Come to Putty Hall 11am next Saturday 28 June.

Would you know what to do if a person near and dear to you, a work colleague or a complete stranger, has a sudden cardiac arrest and you are unsure of the how to help.

Knowing how to perform CPR correctly and efficiently and how to use an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) without delay may save this person’s life.

To take the opportunity to learn how to do both, please join us at Putty Hall, this coming Saturday, 28th June at 11 o’clock.

An AED has recently been installed at Putty Hall. As well as others being located in and around Putty, the Putty Rural Fire Brigade vehicles each has one. Brigade members are invited to come along and refresh their knowledge of how to perform CPR and use the AED’s in the vehicles. 

A Rural Fire Service first aid trainer will be bringing with her some CPR training mannequins and a training AED.

This will be ‘familiarisation’ only of both CPR and the AED operation and no formal accreditation will be achieved. 

At the close of the session, you are welcome to stay for a chat and a sausage sizzle lunch.

Weather update

The water is falling at B’Pooty Bridge, Dora’s crossing and at The Top Place. Putty only received 10mm of rain last night. The bridge was 100mm over the deck at 7am this morning and should be clear soon. The forecast is for a chance of showers and thunderstorms and heavy falls are possible but it is sunny here at the moment and the rain appears to be more coastal. If anything changes we will let you know.

Weather Warning

The SES and the Bureau of Meteorology are warning people in parts of the Hunter and Mid North Coast to prepare for persistent rain over the next week. Isolated heavy rains and damaging winds are forecast for late Sunday to Tuesday. Isolated heavy falls may cause road closures and flash flooding due to the ground being very wet.

Putty is on the southern edge of this weather system but at this stage it is unpredictable.

Be prepared

  • Check weather forecasts
  • Ensure you have a supply of food, medications and fuel
  • Clean out gutters and drains around house
  • Clean out road drainage to avoid roads being washed out
  • Put away loose items around your yard – flying objects can be lethal in strong winds
  • Move animals to higher ground
  • Do not park your car under a tree or power lines
  • Do not drive through flooded waters

More information in our Emergency Directory at https://puttyalerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/booklet.pdf

Latest by Tom Saunders ABC weather forecaster https://www.abc.net.au/news/tom-saunders/101602016

Bureau of Meteorology http://www.bom.gov.au/

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