first aid

Gardaí are not routinely armed, so an armed support unit was deployed to the scene and they provided first aid to all three of the injured.

He urged parents to be "more inquisitive" and ask about issues such as minimum coaching qualifications, training time, additional support around physical preparation training, safeguarding and first aid.

Trained in first aid, river crossing and high mountain rescue, they practise evacuating the village a few times a year, volunteers carrying the wounded on stretchers and bandaging mock injuries.

One musical number even outlines seizure first aid tips, and leads the audience in repeating back the safety steps via a call-and-response gospel song.

“I shouted for an ambulance because I could not hear her breathing, I checked her pulse under the ear, it was none. I had done my first aid training two times,” he said.