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A CROSS-PARTY group of politicians will be uniting for a good cause today – and you won’t see them arguing over parties or policies.
If that’s a surprise in itself, you might be more shocked to discover that they’re being taught some of Vinnie Jones’ ‘hard and fast’ skills by students…
That’s because they will learn how to do hands-only CPR thanks to a group of fifth year students as part of the Irish Heart Foundation’s Happy Hearts Appeal.
It’s the 25th year of Happy Hearts, and this year it is raising money for a special ‘hand-only’ CPR campaign run by IHF.
Today, politicians including Senator Jillian Van Turnhout, Caoimhghin O Caolain TD, Denis Naughten TD, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD, and Senator Fergal Quinn will learn what hands-only CPR involves.
The technique – which doesn’t replace traditional CPR but enables people to help in the case of cardiac arrest – will be taught to the politicians by fifth year students and IHF resuscitation experts.
The funds raised by the sales of the €2 happy hearts will go towards a campaign that the IHF wants to run this year to show that anyone can do hands-only CPR.
What is hands-only CPR?
A spokesperson explained that this technique can help in tackling sudden cardiac arrest.
This type of cardiac arrest causes 5000 deaths in Ireland annually. “Hands-only CPR is compression only CPR,” explained the spokesperson. “Even if you’ve never been trained in CPR, or if you are trained, in the case of a collapse you could have a go.”
It involves pressing on the centre of the chest ‘hard and fast’ two inches deep.
“If somebody collapses with a cardiac arrest it’s fearful for the people there,” said the spokesperson.
In the UK, Vinnie Jones fronted the British Heart Foundation’s hands-only CPR campaign:
“It’s not in replacement of official CPR training, but it’s to have someone do something rather than nothing in the case of collapse,” said the spokesperson.
The Irish Heart Foundation’s 25th Happy Hearts Appeal runs from 15-17 May and is supported by SuperValu, which is raising donations through the sale of happy heart badges for €2.
The IHF is also asking people on Twitter what makes their heart happy, using the #makesmyhearthappy hashtag.
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A man is found dead, and all the stupid statements put up, would people be so smart, it’s their brother, father.
Any story about the Gardai’s organised campaign against Garda whistle-blowers as discussed in the Dail?
Yes I’d like that story as well
Very close to where I live :/
I heard the main suspect is a grey cat with trippy sunglasses
@Mark Kenny: Oh shitt
The West Side is really lawless. We need to place more Gardaí in this area west of the City.
Sad times & condolences to the deceased.
Out of interest could the Journal clarify seeing as they are so set on convincing us all that Ibrahim Halawa is ‘Irish’ was the above victim ‘Irish’ ‘Irish national’ ‘Irish citizen’ or a Dub?
Earlier reports seemed set on saying he was a foreign national & then it was updated to Irish citizen. Personally I don’t see what difference it makes, he was human & someone’s son but the Journal likes us all to know what’s what so can we have a fat check please.
Sounds suspicious.
Really? Good intuition there, Kojak.
Oh and just one more thing…
That’s Columbo…
first you found him on the pathway then in the house it sounds supiscious alright
Sounds painful, “with injuries on the roadway.” How do you treat that? Was he suffering from potholes as well?
Shocking one Man was found stabbed on one side of the road with non life threatening injuries and the other one was found in a flat on the other side
Dizziness is the biggest problem on South Circular Road.
His boy was taken to the city morgue ??
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