Malahide Gazette
Thursday 31 January 2013
Dublin Airport defibrillators save 19 since been introduced.
It emerged this week that 19 lives have been saved at Dublin Airport since defibrillation was first introduced as a service on site.
In the decade since the life-saving technology was introduced at the airport, the Dublin Airport Police and Fire Service have saved the lives of 19 people who were suffering cardiac arrest.
One such person, 85 year old Jack Healy, was only too happy to return to the airport recently in an effort to say thank-you to the crew involved in his incident.
In September 2012, Mr Healy suffered a severe cardiac arrest outside Terminal 2. Within two minutes, members of the Airport Police and Fire Service were on the scene. As with all suspected cardiac arrest incidents, the team reacted quickly and resuscitated Mr Healy.
Back to full health, Mr Healy was recently accompanied by his family to the Airport Fire Station to make a presentation to the crew involved in his rescue.
In 2012, three lives were saved through the use of defibrillation at Dublin Airport.
Defibrillators are located at all main public access areas at Dublin Airport.