Callan Cardiac First Responders

01/06/2026

🚨 Callan Community AED Notice 🚨
​Do you know where your nearest defibrillator is? Download the MAPA APP today to make sure you're prepared in an emergency.
​📍 The app maps out your nearest AEDs and uses simple color-coding to show their current availability. Just click on any AED icon on the map to view more details.
​📢 Calling all local AED owners!
If you have an AED at your business, club, or property and would like to help us protect the community, please get in touch with me so we can add it to the map.
​Stay safe, Callan! ❤️

27/05/2026

❤️ Another successful CPR course completed this evening. Well done to Darragh, Faith, Bernie, Elaine and Gusta. ​Minutes matter when it comes to saving a life! ❤️ Don't wait for an emergency to wish you knew what to do. Get trained, get certified, and help keep our community safe! ✨

27/05/2026

27/05/2026

We have 2 places left on tonights CPR course. Learn how to perform CPR on Adults, Children & infants 👶 just pm to book.

❤️ HEARTSAVER COURSE. Learn CPR and help save a life ❤️ Remember call 999/112 in an emergency, put your phone on speaker, start CPR! PM to book.

19/05/2026

❤️ HEARTSAVER COURSE. Learn CPR and help save a life ❤️ Remember call 999/112 in an emergency, put your phone on speaker, start CPR! PM to book.

12/05/2026

📢 TRAINING TONIGHT: 7:30 PM 📢
​We’ll be in Abbey Meadow this evening for a scenario-based CPR training session. Please don't be alarmed—this is purely a training exercise.
​Outdoor practice is vital because emergencies like cardiac arrest, chest pain, or strokes can happen anywhere, at any time.
👋 Involvement: Feel free to come and observe or try CPR.

08/05/2026

A medical emergency can change a family’s life in minutes.

Day or night our responders are there before the ambulance arrives, bringing emergency care, reassurance and hope when people need it most 🚑

Every single vote brings us one step closer to securing vital funding that will help us continue saving lives across our community.

Please don’t leave it to chance - your vote matters.

Vote for CRITICAL CFR Kilkenny in the AIB Community Fund.
Charity Number: 20070762
Voting closes 25 June

Vote here https://criticalcharity.ie/aib-community-fund/

Please share and help us continue being there for our community ❤️

30/04/2026

29/04/2026

🚨 Huge Shoutout to Our Life-Savers! 🚨
​A massive congratulations to Georgina Morrissey, Emma Harris, Brigid Hennessy, and Jane Phelan for completing their fully certified course in CPR and AED use! ✨
​There is simply no skill more valuable than knowing how to save a life. Well done, ladies! 👏

24/04/2026

❤️ Be the Difference: Learn to Save a Life
​Cardiac arrest doesn’t discriminate. It can happen anytime, anywhere, to anyone—regardless of age or health. But here is the powerful truth: YOU have the power to change the outcome.
​By combining high-quality CPR with the use of an AED, you can double, or even triple, a person’s chance of survival. These aren't just technical skills; they are the tools to keep a family whole and give someone a second chance at life.