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Cork Airport’s lifesaving staff
to offer their vital trainings part of the “Save a Life” campaign, Cork Airport is offering Cardiac First
Aresponder training (CFR) to all airport staff at a discounted rate of €50 to
cover course and certification costs. Emergency First Responders (EFR’s) of the Airport
Police Fire and Rescue Service have saved numerous victims of sudden cardiac arrest
within the airport and surrounds including most recently a customer of the Cork
International Hotel.
EFR’s will train staff and other businesses at Cork Until recently mortality from ischaemic heart disease
Airport and a public defibrillator has been located in Ireland was high (over 25%) compared with rates
centrally in the terminal next to the check in desks so in other countries. In particular, when compared with
that anyone who has been trained to use one can do other European Union countries, Ireland had the
so effectively. highest rate in men and the third highest rate in
Speaking at the launch of the training, Cork Airport women. The reasons behind these figures were
Fire Officer, Warren Delaforce said: “The course is a speculative but usually based around cultural and
beneficial life skill that can be learned in a four hour demographical issues.
training session and has to be renewed every two Measures to reduce these mortality rates have been
years. Since 2002 we have been trained to respond to steadily increasing since the millennium and now
all kinds of medical emergencies and especially defibrillators can be widely found in the community
cardiovascular related illnesses”. and not just confined to ambulances or hospitals.
Our training is not just confined to the workplace as Cork Airport is the international gateway to the
the skills we learn can be put to good use in our social south of Ireland. Welcoming over 6,000 passengers
and domestic environments as was demonstrated a day, and more than 11,000 passengers a day in
when APF Rob Jenkins saved the life of his opponent peak season, it is the country’s second busiest airport
who fell victim to sudden cardiac arrest during a after Dublin. More than 2.1 million passengers travel
tennis match. Also, APF Fergal Sargent found a cyclist through the airport each year, flying to destinations
collapsed by the roadside having suffered a cardiac across the UK and throughout continental Europe.
arrest and his speedy intervention was key to the
man’s full recovery.
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a Life”
campaign
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to offer their vital trainings part of the “Save a Life” campaign, Cork Airport is offering Cardiac First
Aresponder training (CFR) to all airport staff at a discounted rate of €50 to
cover course and certification costs. Emergency First Responders (EFR’s) of the Airport
Police Fire and Rescue Service have saved numerous victims of sudden cardiac arrest
within the airport and surrounds including most recently a customer of the Cork
International Hotel.
EFR’s will train staff and other businesses at Cork Until recently mortality from ischaemic heart disease
Airport and a public defibrillator has been located in Ireland was high (over 25%) compared with rates
centrally in the terminal next to the check in desks so in other countries. In particular, when compared with
that anyone who has been trained to use one can do other European Union countries, Ireland had the
so effectively. highest rate in men and the third highest rate in
Speaking at the launch of the training, Cork Airport women. The reasons behind these figures were
Fire Officer, Warren Delaforce said: “The course is a speculative but usually based around cultural and
beneficial life skill that can be learned in a four hour demographical issues.
training session and has to be renewed every two Measures to reduce these mortality rates have been
years. Since 2002 we have been trained to respond to steadily increasing since the millennium and now
all kinds of medical emergencies and especially defibrillators can be widely found in the community
cardiovascular related illnesses”. and not just confined to ambulances or hospitals.
Our training is not just confined to the workplace as Cork Airport is the international gateway to the
the skills we learn can be put to good use in our social south of Ireland. Welcoming over 6,000 passengers
and domestic environments as was demonstrated a day, and more than 11,000 passengers a day in
when APF Rob Jenkins saved the life of his opponent peak season, it is the country’s second busiest airport
who fell victim to sudden cardiac arrest during a after Dublin. More than 2.1 million passengers travel
tennis match. Also, APF Fergal Sargent found a cyclist through the airport each year, flying to destinations
collapsed by the roadside having suffered a cardiac across the UK and throughout continental Europe.
arrest and his speedy intervention was key to the
man’s full recovery.
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a Life”
campaign
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