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 a person has become infected with COVID-19 while acting as a lay rescuer to a cardiac arrest. Even though thousands of people in Ireland have tested positive for COVID-19 since February,the chance that any individual person who has a cardiac arrest has COVID-19 at the time they have the cardiac arrest is low but there is no way to be sure.”
Read the full article here (Irish Heart Foundation)
