Hello folks,
It has been a while since I was last in contact with you all. I just wanted to let you know that I have at last completed my assessment and passed to become a Certified Instructor for CPR & AED use. This is recognized by the Irish Heart Foundation and the National Ambulance service. Once I receive my instructor number I will be in a position to start rolling our training in Clarinbridge for anyone who would like to be trained in Heartsaver or even full First Resoponder level training.
I am planning on rolling out a series of training starting in the 2nd half of March and running regularly throughout the year.(I need help in organizing this if anyone would volunteer)
For the sake of Transparency I wanted to stress that as an instructor I will not be charging for my time, This is in keeping with the voluntary nature of community Schemes. How these courses do run in other areas is that there is a suggested voluntary contribution of in most cases 20 euro. This goes to cover the cost of supplying course materials such as Pocket masks, booklets etc and then anything else goes directly into the Community First Responder Group as fundraising. Everything we collect will go towards initially purchase of training aids and then once that’s done the remaining funds will be used to purchase and maintain AED units and outdoor heated cabinets to install at strategic locations around the Parrish. At the moment we are at zero in terms of funds. So again I need a lot of help here I will be borrowing equipment initially were I can to start running courses but will eventually need to purchase some equipment of our own.
I now really need help from other people who work and live within the Parish to get this off the ground and support the 3 goals of Firstly striving to have one person in every house in the parish trained in CPR & AED use. Secondly to have a live volunteer Communtiy First Responder Group active within the Parish as soon as possible. Lastly the intention is like other groups to run a regular refresher evening where people who have completed the training will be given the opportunity to come along and practice the skills to keep up a good standard practice. This would most likely be once a month.
I would also at some point before the School holidays like to do a basic introduction to CPR with the children and teachers in the 3 schools in the Parish and will follow up with the schools Principals on this as ill need to organise around my own work commitments and appropriate times for the Schools, but I am happy to do this if the schools are in agreement as I think it’s a really important skill set that all children should get the chance to learn and practice.
THE ASK:
Please get involved in some way and as a community we can move this forward to the benefit of everyone in the Parish. Spread the word to anyone you know living or working within the Clarinbridge area who may be interested helping or even just in learning CPR and use of and AED/Defibulator and they can contact me directly on 087 2719487 or follow updates on our group facebook page: Clarinbridge Cfrgroup and also the Parish newsletter.
Please feel free to forward this on to any individuals, Businesses and organisations within the Parrish.
Best Regards
Gabriel Greally
It has been a while since I was last in contact with you all. I just wanted to let you know that I have at last completed my assessment and passed to become a Certified Instructor for CPR & AED use. This is recognized by the Irish Heart Foundation and the National Ambulance service. Once I receive my instructor number I will be in a position to start rolling our training in Clarinbridge for anyone who would like to be trained in Heartsaver or even full First Resoponder level training.
I am planning on rolling out a series of training starting in the 2nd half of March and running regularly throughout the year.(I need help in organizing this if anyone would volunteer)
For the sake of Transparency I wanted to stress that as an instructor I will not be charging for my time, This is in keeping with the voluntary nature of community Schemes. How these courses do run in other areas is that there is a suggested voluntary contribution of in most cases 20 euro. This goes to cover the cost of supplying course materials such as Pocket masks, booklets etc and then anything else goes directly into the Community First Responder Group as fundraising. Everything we collect will go towards initially purchase of training aids and then once that’s done the remaining funds will be used to purchase and maintain AED units and outdoor heated cabinets to install at strategic locations around the Parrish. At the moment we are at zero in terms of funds. So again I need a lot of help here I will be borrowing equipment initially were I can to start running courses but will eventually need to purchase some equipment of our own.
I now really need help from other people who work and live within the Parish to get this off the ground and support the 3 goals of Firstly striving to have one person in every house in the parish trained in CPR & AED use. Secondly to have a live volunteer Communtiy First Responder Group active within the Parish as soon as possible. Lastly the intention is like other groups to run a regular refresher evening where people who have completed the training will be given the opportunity to come along and practice the skills to keep up a good standard practice. This would most likely be once a month.
I would also at some point before the School holidays like to do a basic introduction to CPR with the children and teachers in the 3 schools in the Parish and will follow up with the schools Principals on this as ill need to organise around my own work commitments and appropriate times for the Schools, but I am happy to do this if the schools are in agreement as I think it’s a really important skill set that all children should get the chance to learn and practice.
THE ASK:
Please get involved in some way and as a community we can move this forward to the benefit of everyone in the Parish. Spread the word to anyone you know living or working within the Clarinbridge area who may be interested helping or even just in learning CPR and use of and AED/Defibulator and they can contact me directly on 087 2719487 or follow updates on our group facebook page: Clarinbridge Cfrgroup and also the Parish newsletter.
Please feel free to forward this on to any individuals, Businesses and organisations within the Parrish.
Best Regards
Gabriel Greally
