Packer whacker

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(Australia, colloquial, informal) A portable defibrillator.

2006, Taking heart, The Bulletin, Issues 6502-6509, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hR0YAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Packer+whacker%22|%22Packer+whackers%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22Packer+whacker%22|%22Packer+whackers%22+-intitle:%2…

Origin: 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. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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