Local fitness guru Martin Conlon will be running a couple of First aid courses over the coming weeks. Martin who recently gave a presentation to pupils at Sixmilebridge National school is an Airport Police Officer at Shannon Airport and part time fire fighter there aswell as being qualified in strength and conditioning. He also runs the U6 hurling programme at Sixmilebridge Gaa club.
The 2 courses that he'll be running are a PHECC certified Cardiac First Responder Course which lasts 4 hours & covers topics such as heart attacks, cardiac arrests, strokes, choking and gives participants a 2 year certification.
The other course will be a sports Injury type First aid course which will deal with the most common type of injuries that mentors & parents will come across on the playing field.
Target course participants - Player's, Mentors & Parents
Martin just needs people to contact him if interested so he can structure course dates and content.
Martin can be contacted at: (087) 656 8339 and murtyconlon@yahoo.ie