Joan Mc Adam is inviting interested people to a Cardiac Responder Meeting who would like to learn how to be able to help a person who has collapsed due to Cardiac Arrest and needs Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Defibrillation from an Automated External Defibrillator. In Ireland each year there are between 5,000 to 6,000 cardiac arrests in Ireland and approximately 70 per cent of these happen in the home in the presence of family and friends. Victims of cardiac arrest out of hospital currently have just a one per cent chance of survival in Ireland. Casualties who are lucky to receive Early Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and early Defibrillation from a trained person in the community have dramatically increased rate of survival. The meeting is on Thursday 11th March @ 8.30 in the Community Centre and for more information contact Joan Mc Adam,RGN, IHF Instructor via This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .