Heart attacks claim 19
lives every day in Australia.
Help world-first research protect hearts everywhere.
When a heart attack strikes, the clock starts ticking. For every second that passes, precious heart muscle dies. Experts have a saying for this: time is muscle.
Current treatment for heart attacks requires surgery and can only begin once a patient reaches hospital. Even if surgery is performed in time to save the patient’s life, around 50 percent of their heart muscle can be lost, putting them at greater risk of heart failure, and lifelong health implications.
Your support today could support world-first research to enable paramedics to begin protecting hearts within the crucial first minutes after a heart attack.
We need to urgently raise at least $340,000 to put lifesaving new technology into the hands of first responders everywhere.
Every year,
57,000 Australians suffer a heart attack.
An average of
19 Australians die every day from heart attacks.
A joyous life, ended,
just as retirement began.
“Heart attacks don’t just take lives. They change the lives of those left behind. I don’t want any other family to experience what ours has.”
– Jon’s wife, Carol
Jon was a dedicated family man who brought happiness and laughter to everyone he knew and embraced a joyful, adventurous life. He shared his love for travel and the outdoors with his beloved wife, Carol, and their children Kate, Megan, Matt and Leah.
Jon and Carol had so many wonderful plans for their retirement. Travelling to exciting new places, exploring more of Tasmania’s wild beauty, spending precious time with their children – it was a stage of their life they’d been “looking forward to forever.”
But just seven months into their retirement, a heart attack brought Jon’s life to a tragic end.
Your support today could help progress vital clinical trials and get this lifesaving technology into the hands of first responders everywhere.
Sonoperfusion
Our researchers have developed a groundbreaking new heart attack treatment called sonoperfusion. It uses ultrasound and microbubbles to break up the blockage and prevent damage that can lead to heart failure.
How sonoperfusion works:
Microbubbles combined with ultrasound vibrate inside blocked arteries, releasing nitric oxide (NO) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP). This helps restore blood flow more quickly, saving heart muscle during a heart attack.
The breakthrough:
Making this technology mobile so paramedics can use it in ambulances and remote locations
How your gift can support lifesaving research
$66
can help progress crucial sonoperfusion clinical trials
$127
can help develop portable sonoperfusion technology
$228
can help get this lifesaving technology into the hands of first responders
$504
can help expand access to sonoperfusion to rural and regional areas
Help save lives everywhere.
Together, we can beat heart disease
Thank you to our incredible community
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