Fire service revives patient

Fire brigade first responders successfully resuscitated an unresponsive patient as there was no HSE ambulance available in the area at the time.

The National Ambulance Service (NAS) was alerted to an emergency call at St Patrick’s Terrace in Kilkee, Co Clare at 2.47pm on Tuesday.

The nearest ambulance at the time was 60kms away in Ennis and so the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) alerted gardaí and the fire service and requested them to respond. It is understood the local ambulance for the area, based in Kilrush, was on another call at the time.