|
|
Your hands can save a life
26.03.19
THE Irish Heart
Foundation has launched a new free community CPR
training programme, Hands for Life. The programme
was launched in Dublin by heroic nurse Aoife
McGivney who recently intervened and saved the life
of a bus driver who was suffering a cardiac
emergency.
Hands for Life will offer free CPR training to
100,000 people in local communities throughout
Ireland over the next two years. People in Inishowen
can sign up for the training course on the 3rd April
2019 in Letterkenny Central Library at 10:30am, 12pm
or 2pm by visiting
www.HandsForLife.ie . |
 |
|
Hands for Life training course on the
3rd April 2019 in Letterkenny Central Library. Visit
www.HandsForLife.ie to sign up. |
Hands for Life training
courses are free and open to all adults aged 18 and
over. Communities, groups and clubs in Inishowen who
have 30 or more people interested in a free Hands
for Life training course can contact the Irish Heart
Foundation directly on 01 668 5001 or
handsforlife@irishheart.ie to arrange a training
course in their local area.
Speaking at the launch, Aoife McGivney said “The day
started out like any other for me, getting on the
bus to work in the morning. But before long, I found
myself on the footpath on O’Connell Street
performing CPR on the bus driver. Thankfully, he
survived and nobody was hurt. I was lucky enough to
know what to do in the situation and my training
kicked in instinctively. I know first-hand how
important it is to know CPR and that it can be the
difference between life and death. I hope that
others will be inspired by my story to learn CPR
through the Irish Heart Foundation’s Hands for Life
free community CPR training courses."
The training course takes just under one hour to
complete and attendees will learn:
• How to recognise a cardiac arrest
• How to perform compressions, including hands-on
practice on a CPR training manikin
• How to use an AED (Automated External
Defibrillator)
• How to respond to a choking emergency
• How to recognise a stroke
Tim Collins, CEO of the Irish Heart Foundation, said
“Every day in Ireland 13 people die from a cardiac
arrest. Around 70% of these happen at home in front
of a loved one. If there is someone nearby who knows
CPR and can start performing compressions quickly,
you can double or even triple a person’s chances of
survival.
“At the Irish Heart Foundation, we are on a mission
to save lives. We want to create a nation of
lifesavers by training as many people as possible in
the lifesaving skill of CPR.” |
|
