CPR training event to be held in Mullagh next week

First responders are offering CPR training next week in Mullagh.

Blackwater CFR Group are holding an event next Saturday 4th October in Mullagh Parish Hall from 2pm to 4.30pm.

The responders have attended over 145 call outs this year so far with 27 of those in the Mullagh area.

The responder's role in the community is to help stabilise the patient and provide the appropriate care including CPR and defibrillation, until the ambulance crew arrives on scene to take over the treatment.

Once a trained responder you can provide medical assistance within minutes of a 112/999 call being received.

Maria Murphy from Blackwater first responders says the more people trained, the more lives will be saved.