IRISH COMMUNITY AIR AMBULANCE
Transition Year Student Programme
Transition Year Ireland is
delighted to learn about a
new TY Programme aimed
at training TY students in
CPR and AED and
involving them in the
community funded Air
Ambulance service
The Irish Community Air
Ambulance TY Student
Programme aims to train TY
students across the country to
carry out Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation (CPR) and to use a
defibrillator.
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The programme furthermore
offers TY students an
opportunity to be involved in
this community funded
initiative, and the programme
offers discounts for training in
participating schools.
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wouldn't be here today to speak
of his near-death experience.
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On 30 December 2014 the then
16-year-old was training the
under-11 Killarney Celtic
Football side when he suddenly
fell to the ground. "At first
everyone thought I was messing.
But quickly one of the coaches,
Eugene Cosgrave, realised this
was no act. He and my friend
Brendan Coppinger started CPR
and within a minute the lads
gave me the first shock from the
defibrillator" says Tom.
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The program ambassador is
Tom Geaney's, whose life was
saved by a defibrillator when he
collapsed on a football pitch.
The Leaving Cert student is
backing the TY Program. Continuing compressions and
giving Tom mouth-to-mouth,
they somehow kept his airways
open and then, on the fifth
shock from the defibrillator,
Tom was effectively brought
back to life.
Had Tom Geaney collapsed at
home, with no one around, he "Look, if there was one part of
the puzzle that was missing I
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wouldn't be here today. I was
technically dead for 25 minutes,
so that's as much of a second
chance as you're going to get. I
owe the lads at the club my life
and realise that without the
training they had it wouldn't be
possible and the outcome would
have been so very different" says
Tom.
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T Y U P D What
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T are E suggesting
M A is a Y
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simple two box approach...s
ide by side...with lh one containing the QQI logo
and the rh one containing the TYI logo(see attached
screen grab from their website?..Jim will get a/w for same over to you).....
then the words 'In partnership' underneath and in a strip stretched
The Irish Community Air
Ambulance Transition Year
Program will go live from
September and is exhibiting at
TY EXPO 2017.
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Until then, more information is
available on the website or email
[email protected]
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TY EXPO 2
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11 & 12 SEPTEMBER 2017 / PUNCHESTOWN RACECOURSE / NAAS / CO. KILDARE
IN PARTNERSHIP
OPTION 2