Call for more people to become Community First Responders

198 patients were defibrillated by First Responders last year

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There's a call for more people to become Community First Responders to help those suffering cardiac arrest.

The HSE says they provide vital lifesaving CPR and defibrillator treatment to patients while an ambulance is on route.

First Responders defibrillated 198 patients last year, of whom 54 survived.

Consultant in Emergency Medicine Professor Conor Deasy is making this appeal:

"We're encouraging anybody who is interested in becoming a community first responder to get educated. 

"They can look up becomeacfr.ie to find out what's required and to learn how to become a first responder, to learn chest compressions and to learn how to use an AED."