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THE ROTARY CLUB
OF
MOOLOOLABA INC,
53rd Year - Volume 53
23 Mar 2026
Website www.mooloolabarotary.org
facebook.com/RotaryMooloolaba
President Sandra Harrington

At our Club meeting tonight, we will have a chance to refresh our knowledge of
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This is performed during cardiac or respiratory arrest
to maintain circulation until spontaneous heartbeat and breathing can be restored. It
combines chest compressions with rescue breaths. An AED (automated external
defibrillator) which uses electricity to restart the heart can also be used. A gold coin is
encouraged as a donation to the QES volunteers providing this demonstration and offering
free CPR training to the public.

Chest pain is the most common heart attack symptom affecting women and men. Men
typically present with sudden chest pain or pressure, with pain radiating to the left arm, neck,
jaw or shoulder and shortness of breath, cold sweats and dizziness. Women often experience
less obvious symptoms eg unusual fatigue, shortness of breath, mild chest discomfort,
nausea, pain in the back, neck, jaw or upper abdomen and tend to ignore the symptoms
attributing them to stress or digestive issues. Both sexes share common risk factors: high
blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, smoking and family history. Women
generally experience heart attacks later than men, around age 72 versus 65 for men, partly
due to estrogen's protective effects before menopause.

Nambour Rotary Club is seeking volunteers to assist at their Show Stall on 17-19 April for
the Outdoor Expo, the Sunshine Coast Show 12-14 June and the Swap meeting on 25 July.
Volunteers are rostered from 8-12 and 12-4. Volunteers would earn money for Mooloolaba
Rotary. If you are interested please contact nambour.rotary@bigpond.com or Steve Morrison
on 0417070011

The Inner Wheel is celebrating 40 years on 8 April 2026 at the Kawana Surf Club and
Mooloolaba Rotary members are invited. Please reply by 1 April to
iiw.au.sunshinecoast@gmail.com

Remember next week we will visit the Sunshine Coast Events Centre (SCEC) Minchinton
Avenue, Caloundra with the tour commencing at 3.30 pm. Please register your attendance.

Next Club Meeting

The next Club meeting 23 Mar 2026

Our next club meeting will be held at the Mooloolaba Bowls Club. The guest speaker will be
Stephen Knight Queensland Emergency Services Caloundra who will be talking on CPR and
Defibulator Training.

We will have a 1 hour training session at 5:00 pm with Queensland Emergency Services
Volunteers demonstrating on dummies the process of CPR. A voluntary gold coin donation
is requested. Dinner and meeting will follow the training session