First Aid & Emergency

What to do in the first two minutes, when the ambulance is still fifteen away.

Crush Injuries and Amputation: What First Responders Need to Know

Seconds count. With crush injuries and traumatic amputations, they count in a way that most workplace emergencies do not. Ireland has seen too many of these incidents recently. Farm machinery, construction equipment,...

17 Apr 2026 5 min read

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Severe Bleeding Won't Wait for the Ambulance: Stop-the-Bleed Training for Workplace Teams

A severe bleed can kill in three to five minutes. The ambulance is not arriving in three minutes. That is the gap. That gap is where people die. Ireland's National Ambulance Service targets an eight-minute response for...

17 Apr 2026 5 min read