The charity has been set up in memory of Patrick Dinsmore who suddenly passed away whilst playing a Gaelic Football match in August 2010 at only 16 years of age. Did You Know?
- The Majority of SADS conditions are inherited.
- The number of young people who die of these dieases are approximately: 12 every week in the UK; 1 every week in N. Ireland; 80-100 every year in the Republic of Ireland.
-The usual symptoms which indicate one of these conditions are: fainting, dizzy spells, palpitations, chest pains, being out of breath inappropriately for amount/type of exercise.
-People who have these diseases, even people who die of them, havevery often no symptoms.
-Death very often happens instantly; people are very often dead before they hit the ground; their death nis said to be like a light going out.
-In almost all cases of a severe or fatal attack, there is only 5-10 minutes to save a person, CPR or the use of a defibrillator may work, but this is not guaranteed.
- The most common types of these diseases in Ireland are: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; Long OT Syndrome, 1,2 and 3; various other types of Cardiomyopathy; Brugada Syndrome; Wolfe-Parkinson-White Syndrome.
-Not all people who have these conditions die of them, or are seriously affected by them.
-The only way to tell if anyone has one of these conditions or, to what degree of severity, is screening. If you would like to make a donation to the Patrick Dinsmore Trust or if you have an enquiry on an event please contact Aisling Dinsmore on [email protected]
