Another day and another young life lost tragically and unnecessarily. Once again the same first aid relied upon in schools in NSW failed to work as promised despite being implemented as trained.
We are still waiting for a response from the Premier as to why his Education Minister has left the important decision about LifeVac to an Education Department that have already demonstrated that they have an embarrassing lack of the pre-requisite knowledge and understanding of policy, law, and logic needed to determine this. Also, we have proven that they have misled the Minister as to the basis for their reluctance to implement the LifeVac in NSW schools.
Just like the parents of Decklan, the father of Zaire will be advocating for LifeVac to be available more widely to prevent these young deaths.
At the same time, a little girl in Queensland was being saved with the LifeVac after choking on a hard lolly and first aid failed. Read the story here.....