Gerry Fitzgerald

Thanks for having me.

So on the 3rd of February 2025,

I suffered what's known as a STEMI, which is a ST elevation myocardial infraction, which is basically a technical term for a heart attack.

I had been power washing my house that day.

That evening, I decided to go for a walk.

I felt some pain in my left arm.

I ignored it.

I continued walking and the pain traveled into my jaw and my upper left shoulder.

I knew immediately what was happening to him.

I knew because I had been trained by the group that I worked for, the Community First Responder Scheme.

And I knew the indications for what's known as myocardial infractions.

Okay.

Did you make the call?

I did.

I returned home to my wife, who was kind of shocked when she saw me coming in the door.

And I have a direct line to the National Emergency Operations Centre on my phone, which I called and told them that this was a 10 Delta call.

They knew immediately what that meant.

And I asked them to activate the community first responder scheme in the town that I live in, Carrick Unsure.

They told me that that had already been done once the call was made by me.

And literally within two minutes, my colleagues started arriving at my house.