Ireby Community First Aid

30/07/2025

Great to see this on This Morning

If you’re nervous about how to use a Defib, keep your eyes peeled for free training coming soon!

14/07/2025

Thank you Boltons Ireby and Uldale First Responders for these great posts on where to find defibs in our local area!

👀 Keep your eyes peeled for some up & coming First Aid training sessions where we’ll show you how to use a Defib too!

Training will be held for all ages, between September & November!

17/10/2024

Thank you to all who attended this evenings CPR and Defib training!

We have another 14 people trained.

Couldn’t make tonight?

We will be running more sessions throughout winter!

14/10/2024

📣 Just 3 more sleeps until your FREE Defib and CPR Training!

❣️No experience required, but if you’ve done it before why not come and practice?

❣️ Age 12 and above all welcome (if there’s interest we’re considering future training dates for children)

❣️Concerned you can’t kneel and can’t participate? We can show you modified options

❣️Arrive at a time which suits you, no need to pre-book, but please be prompt as we’ll start at the below times.

🙌 The power to save a life is in your hands 🙌

💓 Please share!

06/09/2024

FREE TRAINING!!

No need to book, just turn up at one of the sessions ☺️

12/07/2024

CFR (Volunteer Community First Responders)
We provide emergency medical care to our community on behalf of the North west Ambulance Service.

For anyone new to our communities, we thought we would let you
know what we do and how you can help us assist in an emergency and potentially save a life.

We have a small team of 3 CFRs and we are called out to support, in the event of a cardiac event and other specific medical emergencies, if an ambulance is dispatched. YOU must call 999, as we are usually only able to respond if an ambulance is sent.

Bascially we bridge the gap between the ambulance being sent and its arrival at your house. But we are volunteers, so not available 24/7.

So what does this mean for YOU?

We urge everyone to locate the defib in their village/local areas - see the photo, for the area we cover as CFRs. There is one in IREBY, ULDALE, AUGHERTREE, BOLTONGATE and BOLTON LOW HOUSES.

NOT BREATHING?
If someone is not breathing (shake and shout to check for a response, open the airway (tilt the head back) and check for breathing for 10 seconds. You should look at their chest to see if it rises and falls and you can put a hand on it), call 999. State the person is NOT breathing.
Shout for help, call your neighbours, get some help coming. (Go round and ask your neighbours today, what their telephone numbers are and note them down, just in case.)

Commence CPR.
Send someone for the defib (this will monitor the heart and if it needs it deliver a shock). Tell the 999 call handler that there is a nearby defib (they should know this as they are all registered). They will give you a code, send the person with the code and open the box, take out the defib and return back to the person doing CPR.

Apply the pads to the person's chest, listen to the defib.
If there's no one around call 999 before starting compressions. put your phone on speaker phone and talk to the 999 handler.
Please read here so you know what to do. https://www.bhf.org.uk/.../how-to-save-a-life/how-to-do-cpr

We will be organising some community training from September onwards, so keep your eyes peeled.

Enjoy the summer and please contact us if you have any queries. 😀

23/01/2024

Did you know?

💟 Do you own a defibrillator that is available for public use?
💟 Is it registered on the national defibrillator database The Circuit?
🚑 If not, we won’t know it exists and won't know it's available when we attend jobs.

Please visit www.thecircuit.uk for more information and to register a device.