Press Release: Stryker installs defibrillators along County Cork cycleway.
Note: This 'cycleway' from Carrigtwohill to the Dunkettle roundabout will be a great asset for walkers and runners as well.
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Investment of more than €70,000 provides life-saving equipment along a newly-opened County Cork cycleway in partnership with Cork County Council
10th February 2022, Cork: Stryker, one of the world’s leading medical technology companies, together with Cork County Council is delivering life-saving defibrillators to the local community in Carrigtwohill and Glounthaune, Co Cork. The newly opened section of the cycleway, which was constructed with the support of Stryker, provides the ideal location for defibrillators. The several-kilometre stretch of cycleway which is already being utilised, will see numbers accessing the amenity increase as the cyclelink expands across Cork County over the coming months. With the support of Cork County Council, Stryker will initially install three defibrillators with more to be installed as the cycleway expands.
AEDs (Automated External Defibrillators) dramatically increase the chance of a person surviving in the event of suffering from a sudden cardiac arrest by delivering a shock to the heart which can help it to resume its normal rhythm. Stryker-designed and manufactured AEDs have been delivered to other communities across the country as part of the company’s community outreach to make this life-saving equipment more accessible.