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Notes to Editor

1. The National Ambulance Competitions involved a series of realistic First Aid challenges such as road traffic accidents, disturbances at a concert, and spinal injuries at the scene of a cycle accident, laid out over a 3.5km circuit.
2. These challenges presented realistic scenarios that ambulance personnel would deal with on a daily basis; "casualties" with cardiac arrest, crush injuries and broken bones needed to be "treated" at each of the scenarios.
3. Every day communities across Ireland rely on our members to comfort them and in some cases save their lives. These competitions demonstrate the ability of Red Cross members – who are all volunteers - to help people in serious difficulty.
4. The Irish Red Cross has approximately 90 ambulances, off-road ambulances, minibuses, wheelchair adapted minibuses, and mobile command and control vehicles located throughout Ireland, having invested €6.5million in upgrading its fleet in the last seven years.
5. The Irish Red Cross this year celebrates its 70th anniversary providing care to people who need it most throughout Ireland and around the world.

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