First of its kind in Australia. First chance for survival.

Every day The Alfred provides critical care across a broad range of specialties to some of the sickest patients in the country. 

As our annual Critical Care Appeal draws closer, this year we’re raising funds to support Australia's first Mobile Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR) program – a revolutionary cardiac arrest care that brings the operating theatre to the patient. 

Public support is critical to care at The Alfred. By donating to this year's Appeal, you will help The Alfred secure the future of Australia's most advanced mobile cardiac care program. Every donation will help to sustain this lifesaving technology revolutionising cardiac arrest care. 

Care for patients like Mark - a fit and healthy 42-year-old with no family history of heart disease, a non-smoker, a light drinker, who had even passed a cardiac stress test just two weeks before needing this lifesaving treatment after he suffered a massive cardiac arrest while driving home.

By bringing the lifesaving treatment directly to patients, it is on average 30 minutes faster than transport to hospital. Those minutes saved Mark's life.

This program is the first of its kind in Australia, and one of only a few worldwide. For patients who previously had virtually a 0% survival rate, the program is achieving 30% survival, often with full neurological recovery. These are typically younger people - often in their 40s or 50s - experiencing a first cardiac event.

But the program's future is uncertain.

Your donation today will help ensure that the next family facing a cardiac arrest emergency has access to the same lifesaving care that brought Mark home to Victoria and their son.

Please give generously - because every minute matters, and your support could mean the difference between life and death.