Community First Responder Scheme being set up in Castlebar

A Community First Responder Scheme operates whereby the ambulance service upon receiving the 112 or 999 call, in addition to the usual ambulance/EMS personnel, simultaneously dispatches a rostered on-call community-based first responder.

Community First Responders are dispatched by the HSE National Ambulance Service (NAS) to life threatening emergencies such as cardiac arrest, adult chest pain (suspected heart attack), choking and stroke only.

Castlebar Community First Responders are currently recruiting and training members and hope to be available to be dispatched by ambulance control in mid-2016 on a 24/7 basis.
If you'd like to help by responding to medical emergencies in your community, or if you'd just like to learn CPR and how to save a life contact Castlebar CFR's by emailing castlebar.cfr@mayoicrr.ie