Thousands die in Ireland each year from cardiac arrest but YOU can double a person's chance of survival | JOE is the voice of Irish people at home and abroad

Thousands of people die every year from cardiac arrest in Ireland with approximately 70 per cent of those happening at home in front of a loved one.
Brigid Sinnott, Resuscitation Manager at the Irish Heart Foundation says 'if someone knows CPR, they can start performing compressions quickly, doubling or even tripling a person's chances of survival.'
'In 2018, 176 people survived a cardiac arrest because of the actions of somebody who knew CPR. If an extra 100,000 people learn CPR, we could potentially save an extra 60 lives a year on average.'
And you don't need to be a doctor or trained medic to know how to perform CPR, you can simply watch Manny Quinn's video message below (or at irishheart.ie) to understand what to do when faced with a cardiac emergency.

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