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Welcome to the Irish Ambulance Network
Welcome
to your Network
This site is dedicated to all Pre-Hospital Care Providers
in Ireland from
Advanced Paramedics, Occupational First Aiders and Cardiac First Responders.
Forum - Information & Comments
Check out our forum for up to minute information and comments for
Pre-Hospital Care in Ireland. If you have a question or want to join the
debate then join our forum, it's free and it's open to all.
<CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE FORUM>
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Pre-Hospital
Emergency Care Council - PHECC
The Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council is an
independent statutory agency charged with responsibility for standards,
education and training in the field of pre-hospital emergency care in
Ireland.
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Defibrillator? |
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number of defibrillators on the Irish market, what unit should you buy?
There are four main brands of defibrillators in Ireland
with well established companies with offices and top class backup
service available. However, internet only companies have been
established to cash in on the high demand for community and business
defibrillators here in Ireland, some use serviced offices with no
employees just an answering service and others just have a mobile number
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Cardiac Science |
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Defibtech |
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Philips / Laerdal |
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Medtronic |
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UCD School of Medicine & Medical Science
Centre for Immediate Care Services have published a report tilted “Advisory External
Defibrillator” National Pre-Hospital Standards 2008.
The Working Group developed a range of
criteria that could be considered in the process of acquiring an
AED. These included broad headings such as purchasing and training
and more detailed subheadings such as individual technical features.
These criteria drew on current resuscitation guidelines, the
relevant scientific literature and the experience and views of the
members of the group. The PHECC Carer Categories were then applied
to the list of headings and subheadings in order to develop a matrix
for consultation purposes.
If a community, voluntary or private
group is purchasing an AED it is advisable to consult with the local
HSE Ambulance Service. While the Ambulance Service will not
recommend a particular product, they will indicate which types are
compatible with equipment used by the statutory services in the
area.
<CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE
REPORT> |
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Clinical Research
Shows that the Defibtech AED is the easiest to use for
Bystanders |
The Usability of Five Automated External
Defibrillators by Minimally Trained Bystanders
by
Audrius Polikaitis, PhD, University of Illinois Medical
Center, Chicago, Illinois |
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE RESEARCH |
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defibrillators which are commercially available. Medtronic
LifePak CRPlus, Defibtech Lifeline, Zoll AED Plus, Cardiac
Science Powerheart G3 and the Philips / Laerdal.
The clinical study shows that the Defibtech unit is the
easiest to use.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE RESEARCH |
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| Occupational First Aid
Instructors Forum |
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With so many changes set to come in late in 2007 in the
Occupational First Aid Course the
forum is the best place to keep up to date and to have your say. The
Occupational First Aid Instructors forum is part of the Irish Ambulance
Networks main forum. But you can access direct from here.
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HERE TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE INSTRUCTOR FORUM>
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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>
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| First Aid Training |
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Occupational First Aid
Emergency First
Aid
AED Training
Manual Handling
Instructor Training
Contact
Safety Ireland
Approved Training Site by the Irish Heart Foundation
SAFETY IRELAND WEBSITE |
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| Defibrillator |
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Stop Cardiac Arrest in your Community
Ireland's
Number 1 Defibrillator with over 1000 units in Ireland
DEFIBTECH WEBSITE |
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