Packer Whacker
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A packer whacker is a colloquial Australian name given to portable defibrillators.
The name came about when Kerry Packer, a wealthy Australian media mogul, was resuscitated in 1990 in Sydney after suffering a heart attack.[1]
An ambulance in the area, carrying a defibrillator, responded to the call and managed to resuscitate Packer.
After recovering, Packer donated a large sum to the New South Wales Ambulance Service in order to fit all of its ambulances with portable defibrillators. As a result, a number of lives have been saved.
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- ^ [1], Australian Broadacsting Corporation, Great Moments in Science, Flatline & Defibrillator - Part 2, 2005
