Mullingar Fire Station will be the location for this year’s National Rescue & CPR Challenge on Saturday 11 May, with the annual event set to provide Ireland’s statutory and voluntary emergency services with an opportunity to demonstrate their skillsets in cardiac arrest management, road traffic collisions and pre-hospital trauma care.
The National Rescue Challenge, organised by Rescue Organisation Ireland, is the only event in Ireland where both the statutory and voluntary emergency services come together every year to share their skills and compete in these crucial disciplines of patient care.
Rescue Organisation Ireland (ROI) will join forces with Westmeath Fire Service to host this year’s event at Mullingar Fire Station on 11 May, which will provide a range of learning opportunities for fire crews, emergency services and community first responders. A free ‘CPR Challenge’, in partnership with Hibernian Healthcare, will be open to members of the public.
The national event is hosted by ROI every year to focus on improving, updating and standardising the training for EMS and fire services personnel when responding to Road Traffic Collisions (RTCs) on Irish roads.
The National Rescue Challenge in Mullingar Fire Station will determine and select the top RTC Extrication and Trauma teams to go forward to represent Ireland at this year’s World Rescue Challenge (WRC2024) on 5-9 November in Portugal.
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