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Washing your hands is one of the best ways to protect you and your family

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Washing your hands is one of the best ways to protect yourself and your family from getting sick. Learn when and how you should wash your hands to stay healthy. How Germs Spread Washing hands can keep you healthy and prevent the spread of respiratory and diarrheal infections from one person to the next. Germs can spread from other people or surfaces when you: • Touch your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands • Prepare or eat food and drinks with unwashed hands • Touch a contaminated surface or objects • Blow your nose, cough, or sneeze into hands [...]

Washing your hands is one of the best ways to protect you and your familyadminrrcpr2020-09-05T09:33:02+01:00

Two ‘Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrests’ in Youghal in two days

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On Saturday, August 22nd, 2020 the Emergency Services were called to a local restaurant in Youghal, Co. Cork, where a gentleman had suffered a Cardiac Arrest. Thanks to the swift actions of a local Fisherman, two off duty Paramedics and two Gardaí who began the life saving 'Chain of Survival' by starting CPR and delivering a shock from the nearest communal Defibrillator that was located at the Youghal Post Office. Just two days later another Emergency Call was raised when a second gentleman suffered a Cardia Arrest, two off duty Paramedics on their way home after a busy shift rushed [...]

Two ‘Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrests’ in Youghal in two daysadminrrcpr2020-09-05T09:32:17+01:00

New CPR advice during the coronavirus pandemic

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The Irish Heart Foundation has said that new HSE advice to the public on performing CPR during the current coronavirus pandemic, can help save lives while also limiting the risk of spreading COVID-19. In its new advice, the HSE has outlined a number of steps for people to take into consideration if they decide to perform CPR in the community during the pandemic, as there is a possibility that the person they are performing CPR on, may have the coronavirus. According to the HSE, “At the time of writing this leaflet we know of no case in the world where [...]

New CPR advice during the coronavirus pandemicadminrrcpr2020-08-25T19:39:49+01:00

UCC students get on their bikes to help save lives

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UCC students from the College of Medicine and Health are working with the ambulance service to deliver CPR and defibrillation in an emergency. Students from University College Cork (UCC) are helping to save lives by supporting paramedics in the local ambulance service as Community First Responder (CFR) volunteers. UCC Community First Responders (CFR), are students with UCC’s College of Medicine and Health, and they work in conjunction with the National Ambulance Service, to provide support to Cork City’s busy wing of the service. Every UCC CFR volunteer receives extensive training aimed at equipping them with the necessary skills to [...]

UCC students get on their bikes to help save livesadminrrcpr2020-08-24T07:29:34+01:00

Don’t depend on your smart home device to save a life

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Don’t depend on your smart home device to save a life The most important thing to do if you witness a cardiac arrest at home is not to call on your smart home computer but rather to dial 999 or 112 immediately. This is the message from Head of Resus at the Irish Heart Foundation Brigid Sinnott, in response to social media posts currently doing the rounds which state that smart home devices can help you to do CPR in an emergency. In the posts people are advised that in an emergency such as a cardiac arrest, to tell their [...]

Don’t depend on your smart home device to save a lifeadminrrcpr2020-08-24T07:29:45+01:00