About this Site

This website was started on the 9th of September 2003 after the original Irish Emergency Ambulance Services Resource (IEASR) closed. That site had been online for 7 years and some of the content of that site is reproduced here with the full permission of the IEASR webmaster. On the 1st of December 2006 the site had a full facelift thanks to a new sponsor.

We are a group of professional ambulance and pre-hospital personnel dedicated to the promotion of the Irish Emergency Medical Services, Basic Life Support and Occupational First Aid on the world wide web.

• To provide up-to-date information of Ambulance Services in Ireland.
• To provide up-to-date information of BLS in Ireland.
  
• To provide up-to-date information of Occupational First Aid in Ireland.
• To promote a public awareness of the Ambulance Service in Ireland.
• To foster international EMS relations.
• To provide a independent platform for EMS personnel to post and access information.

Information & Comments
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	Irish Heart Foundation Instructors Forum
	The Irish Heart Foundation’s CPR & ECC Training Programme provides resuscitation training through approximately 130 affiliated training sites situated throughout Ireland. These sites provide a variety of different training courses across the disciplines of Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS). <CLICK HERE TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE INSTRUCTOR FORUM>
Cardiac First Responders
What is a Community Responder? A Community Responder is a member of the public who volunteers to help their community by responding to medical emergencies. A Responder is trained by the Ambulance Service in order that they can respond to medical emergencies in their own communities before the arrival of an emergency ambulance. The Idea The concept of Community Responders originated in America due to the work of Dr Richard Cummins. He discovered that if a series of events took place in a set sequence, a heart attack victim had a greater chance of survival. These events are known as the "Chain of Survival". Schemes Community Responders form small schemes in key areas as identified by the Ambulance Service. Most schemes consist of between 10 and 15 people and meet regularly to plan rotas, organise fundraising activities and awareness days. Each member of the scheme decides how much time they are able to give to Community Responders and rotas are drawn up accordingly by the Co-ordinator. Some schemes provide cover 24 hours a day, seven days a week and others provide cover in peak periods.