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Irish NewsTuesday, 13 December 2011   Over 60 Tyrone footballers and hurlers were the latest players to undergo the Gaelic Players Association’s cardiac screening initiative, which is being provided to all county squads across the country over the coming months. As part of the GPA’s Health and Wellbeing Programme, all county players are entitled to

Munster Express – Town LandsFriday, 16 December 2011 Dermot Hayes Piltown National School has just received a new defibrillator, presented to principal Mark Connolly by Bridget Ann Whelan of ‘Becky’s Beat’, the charity she founded in memory of her daughter who died in June 2010. To date, Bridget Ann has donated this precious piece of

Tullamore Tribune Thursday, 24 November 2011 The Clara defibrillator group has reminded people to immediately dial 999 for an ambulance in case of a person collapsing.  The Group says that there are a number of defibrillators and emergency responders locally (including the local fire brigade) but they will only be dispatched in case of a

Irish Medical Times Friday, 2 December 2011 PATIENTS WITH  A transient ischaemic attack (TIA) have a 20 per cent lower nine-year survival rate compared with the general population, new research shows, suggesting they may require the same intsense secondary prevents as MI patients. After one year, 91.5 per cent of TIA patients were still alive,