Volunteers sought in Blackrock and Haggardstown for defibrillator support group

An appeal has been issued to residents in the Blackrock and Haggardstown area to become volunteers in the Community Cardiac Responder scheme.

Spokesperson Joan McAdam stressed the importance of the scheme.

She said: We are a linked group with the National Ambulance Scheme and we are trained to respond to heart attack, stroke, choking and cardiac arrest.

“Training is free if you agree to go on a rota to be free to respond maybe once a week for a day or a night. Otherwise training is €40pp.”

Anyone who wishes to get involved is asked to contact Joan by emailing pjemcadam@gmail.com

 

Meeting tomorrow to expand community cardiac first responder scheme countywide

A voluntary community cardiac first responder scheme has been achieving life saving results in the months since being established in the Blackrock/Haggardstown area.

The scheme supplies help within minutes to a person in the area who has called 999 with symptoms of choking, heart attack or stroke. In the 10 months it has been in operation there have been 12 call outs.

Now the group behind the scheme are attempting to roll it out to the rest of the county. Ideally, they would like to see each group cover an area of between 6km-8km.

A general meeting to set up a Louth committee will take place tomorrow night (Thursday) at 7.30pm in the Dundalk Gaels hall at the back of the new Tesco superstore, on the site of the old Dundalk Shopping Centre.

For further details email 1barryhennessy@eircom.net