First Responders training going well
Until then, if someone you know collapses and you suspect cardiac arrest please call or get a bystander to call 999 or 112 and put the phone on speaker. Then ask them to get you the nearest AED, and commence CPR after assessing the person. Attach the AED when it arrives to the person and from then the AED will advise you what to do as well as the the dispatch team on the phone.
(ED NOTE: Currently there are publicly accessible AED devices in Kilcullen at Eurospar, Kilcullen Credit Union, the Community Centre, and Kilcullen GAA. One has also recently been bought to put outside the Centra store on Hillcrest, and will be installed soon.)
Keep your postcode somewhere safe where you will be able to see it as it’s the quickest locator for the ambulance. You may be able to rattle it off by memory but in a stressful situation you may not remember it.
Turn on any outside lights. Get someone to wait outside to confirm location to approaching ambulance. Make sure to secure away any pets such as dogs to allow the paramedics to do their job as efficiently as possible. And remember to keep yourself safe in the process.
It is also a good idea to find out if any of your neighbours are happy to be called on if a situation did arise, maybe your residents associations could put together a list of people and their house number or their phone number. Anyone who has voluntarily trained in CPR would be delighted to help out.
An AED and other training equipment was donated to the group in December by Provincial Security, and the group are also fundraising for further equipment.
(Photos: Kilcullen Community First Responders.)
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