02/02/2026
ROSC: Return of Spontaneous Circulation.
It's rare to get a ROSC in public, but one of our responders managed it last week. Arriving just 4 minutes after he received the call Jacques administered CPR and 3 shocks from a defibrillator to a person suffering a cardiac arrest in the area. Without his efforts before the arrival of advanced life support from Dublin Fire Brigade the patient's chance of survival would have been greatly decreased.
This is what we train for, and it means the world to us to have someone back to life. Consistent training, the existence of a CFR group in the area, and someone knowing CPR made all the difference to this call.
Well done Jacques who is also a member of Dublin Bay North - Community First Responders and a CFR group in Cork.
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