Packer whacker

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A portable defibrillator. Australia,colloquial,informal
    — 2006, Taking heart, The Bulletin, Issues 6502-6509, page not known, Every NSW ambulance now carries the ultimate heart-starter, the Packer Whacker, thanks to a polo field drama and one man′s generosity.

词形变化

Packer whackers plural

词源

The name came about when Kerry Packer, a wealthy Australian media mogul, was resuscitated with a defibrillator in 1990 in Sydney after suffering a heart attack.
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.
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