Brett Orpwood

Interviewed as a guest

• Episode 97

  Mullum Mullum parkrunner who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest at parkrun on 23 December 2017

  Brett tells the story of collapsing about a kilometre into Mullum Mullum parkrun with a sudden cardiac arrest; six first responders performing CPR while a defibrillator granted by Maroondah Council two months earlier was run down from the start line; 12 days in hospital at Box Hill and an implanted defibrillator; the effect on his two sons and the community response; and the GoFundMe he launched to buy defibrillators for the ~45 Australian parkruns without one, which raised over $31,000 in about 10 days.

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