The Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) is the Irish EMS regulator. The Council is an independent statutory agency with responsibility for standards, education and training in the field of pre-hospital emergency care. PHECC also maintain a statutory register of pre-hospital emergency care practitioners.
As a PHECC training site Medicore strives to raise the standards for CPR & AED use in the community, in turn increasing the chance of surviving out of hospital cardiac emergencies.
Major concern over new head shop drug
The National Poisons Information Centre has received 40 reports of severe adverse reactions to a new head shop substance, known as WHACK, in just 10 days.
According to the HSE, the majority of these individuals are young males in their twenties, living in different parts of Ireland, although 20 presented in the mid-Western region.
Red Cross defends first aid courses for Taliban
The international Red Cross said Wednesday it would continue giving first aid training and kits to Taliban fighters in Afghanistan,
