Our Services
The Limerick Area Red Cross is dedicated to serving our community through a diverse range of essential services. We offer comprehensive medical event coverage for everything from local GAA games to Munster Rugby matches, marathons, festivals, and more. Beyond event support, we are committed to community care, providing patient transport services, outreach programs, and more. These invaluable services are made possible by our incredible volunteers, who generously donate their time and skills to make a difference in the lives of others.
Medical Event Cover
The Limerick Area provides medical cover at various event types including but not limited to:
– Thomond Park Rugby
– Motor Sport Rallies
– Point to Points
– Taekwondo
– Electric Picnic Festival
Training Courses
We are blessed with a team of effective instructors trained to instruct the following clinical levels:
– First Aid Response
– Emergency First Response
– Emergency Medical Tech
– Cardiac First Response
– Safe Patient Moving
Youth
Our Youth units are split between Cadets aged 14 – 16 and Novices aged 17 – 18. Both complete a first aid course and learn about our organisation and humanitarian works worldwide. Our Novices learn about the equipment we keep in our ambulances to later use on duty.
Community Support
We provide community support as needs arise. For example; relief and support during flooding in King’s Island, regular Patient Transports between hospice care and home, and greeting and organising accommodation for Ukranian refugees coming into Shannon airport.
Medical Event Cover
We are one of the main providers of first aid and ambulances services for sporting, social and community events in Limerick City and County Area. We are the primary provider of medical services to Thomond Park Stadium, Munster Rugby, University of Limerick as well as other events such as Special Olympics, Circuit of Munster Car Rally and the Great Limerick Run.
We crew all our vehicles with highly trained medical personnel including Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and Emergency First Responders (EFRs). Our crews undergo rigorous training, assessment and reassessment at regular intervals in the areas of wound care, fracture management, medication administration, C.P.R. / AED and ambulance skills to ensure that our volunteers follow current best practice in patient care. Our EMTs and Paramedics are on the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Register and the Irish Red Cross is approved by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) to implement its Clinical Practice Guidelines.
In Limerick, we have a fleet of
- 5 road ambulances
- 2 off-road ambulances
- 2 minibuses
- A bike support unit with two mountain bikes.
We are also fortunate to be able to count a number of healthcare professionals among our members, such as Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics. In addition, as a national organisation, we can call on resources available in Clare, Tipperary, Cork and Kerry as well as further afield for large events.
If you are an event organiser in the Limerick region, and you would like to discuss medical cover for your event, then please contact us or complete the form linked below. We can offer you considerable experience and expertise and we will work with you to help you fulfil your requirements.