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    • Contact
    • News & Press
  • About
    • CFR Team Area
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    • Gallery
    • What is a Cardiac First Responder? >
      • Cardiac First Responder Guide (PHECC)
      • Clinical Practice Guidelines
  • VOLUNTEERING
    • Relaunch Acknowledgement
    • Volunteer Declaration 2022
    • Key Requirements (2022)
    • Key Documents (2022)
    • Apply to Join (2022)
    • Garda Vetting (2022)
    • FAQs
  • TRAINING
    • Mandatory e-Learning
    • CISM (Mandatory Cert)
    • Recertification 2021
  • AED Locations
  • Fundraising
  • Heart Health
    • Heart Facts
    • Angina
    • Arrhythmia
    • Cardiovascular Disease
    • Cardiac Arrest
    • Diabetes & Your Heart
    • Heart Attack
    • Heart Failure
    • High Blood Pressure
    • High Cholesterol
    • Stroke
  • Links
    • American Heart Association
    • Bundoran Fire Brigade
    • Bundoran RNLI
    • CFR Ireland
    • Garda Siochana
    • Irish Coast Guard
    • Irish Heart Foundation
    • Irish Water Safety
    • National Ambulance Service
    • PHECC

What is a Cardiac First Responder?

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A person who has successfully completed a Pre Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) approved Cardiac First Responder course – Community level, within the last two years.
It includes citizens or emergency medical volunteers/rescuers and uniformed personnel who may be dispatched or come across the following cardiac emergencies: Cardiac Arrest, Heart Attack and foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO)
The Cardiac First Responder Course is designed to allow participants attain a basic understanding of Basic Life Support situations and their treatment. This course is Level 1 on the PHECC (Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council) Training Standards.

The covers the “Chain of Survival”, what to do in the event of a Cardiac Arrest, Adult, Child & Infant CPR, how to use an AED (Defibrillator) Adult Chest Pain Management (suspected Heart Attack), Aspirin Therapy, Stroke recognition using F.A.S.T., and Choking (FBAO).


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