Glanmire Community First Responders⛑

💥COMPETITION TIME💥 - Calling all CFR Groups. We have three vouchers to give away, which you can use against your next CE-TEK Medical purchase. All you have to do is email your CFR Group Name, Contact Name and Phone Number to kate@ce-tekmed.ie to enter the draw @ce_tekmed

Tributes have been paid to Margaret and Derek Firth who both died with coronavirus at Trafford General Hospital. Both 91, the couple were married for 70 years and had been able to see each other in hospital before passing away. Credit: MEN Media

Congratulations to our chairman, John Fitzgerals who has won the @voluntireland volunteer of the year in the ‘Safety & Emergency Services’ category in recognition of his work on behalf of @AmbulanceNAS CFRs all over Ireland! @NasDirector @WicklowCFR

Rest in peace Margaret

What might CFR responding look like when we go back on call? Tune into the Virtual Respond Conference from 10am this Saturday on Facebook to find out! With huge thanks to @AmbulanceNAS and @EastCorkRR CFRs!

A public First Aid Response (FAR) course will be held on Sat 31/10, Sat 07/11 & Sat 21/11 from 9am-5pm each day in St John Ambulance in Glanmire.. All COVID-19 precautions will be taken including sanitisation protocols & personalised training equipment. Book via 086 0699086.

THANK YOU EIREMED😊 We would like to thank Kieran from @EiremedSafetyte for replacing the door of one of our outdoor temperature-controlled AED cabinets which recently suffered storm damage. eiremed.ie

Providing event cover today with colleagues from @StJohnGlanmire at the Irish Pony Club Mounted Games held at the Cork Showgrounds, Curraheen.

A blended learning First Aid Response (FAR) course will be held on Sat 12th & Sat 19th Sept (online), & Sat 26th Sept (in person at Glanmire) from 9am to 5pm each day. All COVID-19 precautions will be taken including sanitisation protocols & personalised training equipment!

When a whole city responds to give a hero's send off to brave Abi McGeough. Thank you to each and every one of you who came out in force to show your support for a true Cork hero. As the video is over the twitter limit I have had to link it to Facebook facebook.com/729393804/post…

All good teams keep going until the very end. They know the risks of easing off when the end is in sight. We’ve done so well this far- but it’s not full time yet! Come on Team Ireland- let’s keep the effort up until the final whistle blows. @roinnslainte #COVID19 @hselive

Take heed of our new message. Protect yourself, your family and anyone who is vulnerable. Think about others. The best way of protecting us all and our most vulnerable people is for each of us to follow the advice. #covid19 @roinnslainte @HSELive

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In support of all our colleagues in @HSELive - Wash hands well & often - Cover mouth & nose when you sneeze (tissue/elbow) - Avoid touching face - Clean & disinfect frequently used objects - Stop shaking hands/hugging - Distance 2m from others, especially if unwell. #COVID19

Important! We have issued a new message in terms of what we need the public to do to help in our fight against #coronavirus #COVID19. Please read it & retweet. Let’s get the key public health messages out there & let’s put them into practice in our lives now. We need to do this

*** Respond 2020 Postponed *** It is with regret that we announce the rescheduling of Respond 2020. Respond 2020 was due to take place on Sat 25th of April 2020 in Mullingar Park Hotel. We thank the hotel for working with us in rescheduling our event until later in the year.

Hand washing is the single most important way to stop the spread of infection in your home, your workplace and in our hospitals #ResistInfection #Coronavirus

Tonight, our volunteers are learning about self-care in our roles as volunteers in the emergency services with MJ Harney, thanks to MJ for training us this evening! @stjohnie

A staff member at the Apple Computers facility in #Cork has tested positive for #coronvirus and is in self-isolation - company says it's working closely with the HSE to assess impact

Spare a thought for our @NASCork and national colleagues who are dispatched to every conceivable pre-hospital scenario and now face #COVID19 in that environment - and now they have taken on home assessment and swabbing. Hope people appreciate how lucky we are to have them