Praise for bystanders as Irish willing to attempt CPR on heart attack victims 

'The key step for the bystander was immediately calling 112 or 999; the call taker provides instructions to commence chest compressions and shout to someone to get you the nearest AED [automated external defibrillator].' Picture: Larry Cummins

Irish people are among the most willing in the world to try CPR when they witness someone having a heart attack, with bystanders taking action in 84% of cases.

That is according to the annual report from the Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Register OHCAR Ireland (2020), and Irish people should be proud of this record, said Professor Conor Deasy, chair of the register.