Annyalla/Cremartin CFR Group

23/09/2025

❤️ Would you know what to do if someone collapsed in front of you?
CPR and AED skills can mean the difference between life and death.
👉 Learn them with us at our certified Heartsaver Course – Saturday 11th October, 10am in Cremartin.
📞 Call 086 378 2949 or PM us to book your place.

❤️ Why CPR & AED Training Matters ❤️

Every minute counts when someone suffers a cardiac arrest.
🚑 Early CPR can double or even triple survival rates.
⚡ Using an AED (defibrillator) quickly can restore a normal heart rhythm and save a life.

These are simple, lifesaving skills that anyone can learn — and you never know when you might need them for a friend, family member, or stranger.

👉 Join our Heartsaver Course on Saturday 11th October, 10am in Cremartin to gain certified training in CPR and AED use.

📞 Call 086 378 2949 or send us a PM for details.

18/09/2025

❤️ Why CPR & AED Training Matters ❤️

Every minute counts when someone suffers a cardiac arrest.
🚑 Early CPR can double or even triple survival rates.
⚡ Using an AED (defibrillator) quickly can restore a normal heart rhythm and save a life.

These are simple, lifesaving skills that anyone can learn — and you never know when you might need them for a friend, family member, or stranger.

👉 Join our Heartsaver Course on Saturday 11th October, 10am in Cremartin to gain certified training in CPR and AED use.

📞 Call 086 378 2949 or send us a PM for details.

09/09/2025

🌈 Annyalla Cremartin CFR Group are proud to join the NAS Rainbow Badge initiative!

At our recent training, members were presented with their Rainbow Badges – a symbol of our commitment to inclusion, respect, and creating a safe space for everyone in our community.

👏 Congratulations to all who took part in this important step towards supporting diversity and equality.

17/08/2025

Well done to all involved 👏👏🚨🚑

The National Ambulance Service has said there are thousands of defibrillators across the country not currently registered on its database, which could potentially delay a person accessing one of the life-saving devices in a medical emergency.

05/07/2025

🫀 FREE Heartsaver First Aid Course

📍 Cremartin Community Centre
📅 Saturday, 19th July
🕙 10:00 AM

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✅ What You’ll Learn:
• How to do CPR
• How to use an AED (Defibrillator)
• What to do if someone is having chest pain
• How to recognise a stroke
• How to help someone who is choking — including babies and adults

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🎓 Official Certified Course
Perfect for your CV and workplace safety training.
Certification provided on successful completion.

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📞 Reserve Your Spot Today!
Call or text: 086 3782949
Spaces are limited — book early!

26/06/2025

The importance of CPR.❤️‍🩹❤️

On March 19, 2025, shortly after 6.30pm, Liam O’Neill died on the pitch at Naomh Mairtin GAC - No pulse, no heartbeat.

He had been refereeing a Ladies Football minor club game and suffered a cardiac arrest just minutes after throw-in.

Last Thursday, June 19, 2025, Liam was back in Monasterboice thanks to the quick reactions and efforts on that March night, on the pitch, of club members including a nurse and someone club-trained in how to use a AED (Automated External Defibrillator) who revived him, saving his life.

Liam was at Naomh Mairtin to host a fundraiser for the club and to thank those who had saved his life. He also presented a ‘Safe Shell’, a tent that provides privacy when someone is being treated on the pitch.

Asked if he remembered anything of the incident, he said he remembered it “quite well.”

“The only thing that flashed across my mind at that time was, I won’t use the phrase here, but WTF were the three words. What is this?

“The next thing I remember was waking up, lying on the pitch, speaking to a few people. Some I recognised, some I didn’t.

“But I certainly owe my life to the Naomh Mairtin club because if I’d have been at home or anywhere else other than being out there on the pitch, I wouldn’t be here tonight, I’d have been six foot under, of that there’s no doubt."

04/06/2025

13 members of the Doohamlet Community recently completed a Hands for Life course where they learned how to recognise a cardiac arrest, how to perform CPR and how to use an AED. They also learned what to do if someone they knew was having chest pain or a stroke. Well done to everyone and to our Instructors on the night Aine Haughey, Gerry Atkinson and Annette Hanley

27/05/2025

A brilliant night of scenario training last night. Thank you for the use of the four locations and patients. It was great experience for all our responders.

14/04/2025

Doohamlet Foroige Club learned how to do CPR and how to use an AED recently when they participated in a Hands for Life course organised by Annyalla Cremartin CFR Group. Well done to all. 👏👏

30/03/2025

𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐮𝐦𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲.

27/02/2025

At the end of 2024 there were 310 Community First Responder (CFR) Groups actively responding.

In December alone, these groups responded to 1,216 incidents.

NAS is proud to work with all existing CFR groups, and looks forward to continued expansion of the scheme.

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