Callan Community First Responders. We respond to Cardiac Arrest, chest pain & stroke. Raising awareness of cardiac arrest and bystander CPR is vital.

Kilkenny, Ireland
Joined February 2021
If you ever have to make a 112/999 call be sure to provide your Eircode to improve our ability to find you.
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Callan CFR retweeted
Emergency services are dealing with an articulated truck that has jack-knived on the R727 Carlow to Hacketstown Road at Coolmanagh. Clean up operation is underway. Care needed on the approach
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Please be advised that @AmbulanceNAS are experiencing a large number of calls at present.
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Please take note of this Status Orange weather warning @MetEireann has issued for tomorrow. Conditions for travelling will be tough so be careful and be safe. Weather like this can also affect our response times so please be patient if one of our crews are coming to assist you.
Status Orange - Low Temperature/Ice warning for Ireland A severe frost and further icy stretches will set in on Sunday night, accompanied by patches of freezing fog. Temperatures likely to fall below -5 degrees in many areas. 17:00 Sunday 11/12/2022 to 12:00 Monday 12/12/2022
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A pleasure for the @AmbulanceNAS team to attend a @KilkennyIFA meeting last night with our good friends in @gardainfo and @CallanC to chat about the importance of mental health aswell as showing how vital CPR and AEDs are.
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The National Ambulance Service has over 190 active community first response schemes around the country run by wonderful volunteers like Margaret Duggan who retires after 16 years of tremendous community service. Thank you for your service Margaret. 👉 becomeacfr.ie 👈
The community engagement team would like to wish long standing CFR Margaret Dugan the very best in her retirement. A founding member of Greystones CFR group, Margaret has hung up her hiviz jacket for the last time after 16 years of dedicated community service. Thank you Margaret.
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Hello Everybody, We have recently just launched our new Instagram page @JCG_CFR We would be greatful if you could pop over to @instagram and give our page a follow & like and if you could share the page with family and friends, it would be fantastic! @ARoss_NASNL_CEO
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To mark #WorldStrokeDay we launched our new National Stroke Strategy 2022-2027. Read the National Stroke Strategy at bit.ly/3sY4341 For more information on stroke signs and symptoms see the Irish Heart Foundation irishheart.ie/stroke. @Irishheart_ie @ronancollins7
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Pathfinder, a NAS led service to safely keep older people who phone 112/999 in their own home rather than taking them to an ED, went live today in Limerick, Tallaght & Waterford. The service is provided by NAS staff working with staff provided by its acute hospital partners
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How to explain Atrial Fibrillation and risk of stroke in about 2 min at bedside ..AF causes 1 in 3 strokes and almost 5% over 65 have AF #strokeawareness #AF #Atrialfibrillation
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The OHCAR (Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Register) annual report 2021 has been released! Summary report ➡️ nationalambulanceservice.ie/… Full report ➡️ nationalambulanceservice.ie/… #RestartAHeart
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#CheckCallCompressShock For international #RestartAHeart week, we are delighted to be promoting the message from the Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Strategy with all our partners. Check. Call. Compress. Shock.
In the event of a cardiac arrest, remember: Check Call Compress Shock
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The @Irishheart_ie initiative #CPR4schools provides such a crucial life lesson for all the students who embrace it ❤
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@StAlsCarrig and @CarrigtwohillCC this is a fantastic program for school, and if not already signed up, please have a look and reach out to @Irishheart_ie to sign up. #cpr4schools