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Kildare Xtra Monday, 16 January 2012 Ireland’s national charity fighting heart disease and stroke has welcomed the campaign created by their counterparts in the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to tackle the barriers to the public performing CPR in an emergency. No more kissing just hard and fast CPR to the Bee Gees. The Irish Heart

Northside People EastWednesday, 4 January 2012  December Sixty seconds from death. A Northside man describes how, with the help of two others, he saved the life of a 20-year-old who went into cardiac arrest on an all weather football pitch. Ray Stears, a certified first aider who runs Portmarnock Judo Club, was in the bar

Irish PharmacistSunday 1 January 2012  PSI issues guidance on domperidone The PSI has issued new guidance to pharmacists regarding the use of medicines containing domperidone. The guidance follows on from new information which has become available on the cardiac risks associated with medicines containing domperidone. According to this guidance, recent epidemiological studies provide some evidence

Mayo Advertiser Friday 6 January 2012  The Irish Heart Foundation has backed the latest UK TV campaign featuring Hollywood actor Vinnie Jones promoting hands-only CPR to help save lives from sudden cardiac arrest. In the new TV advert which airs on Irish screens this month, tough man Jones urges untrained bystanders to give the kiss