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 would like to help by responding to medical emergencies in your community, or if you would just like to learn CPR and how to save a life, contact Castlebar CFRs by emailing [email protected]
A community first responder scheme operates whereby the ambulance service upon receiving the 112 or 999 call dispatches a rostered on-call community-based first responder, in addition to the usual ambulance/EMS personnel. 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.
