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Choking toddler brought to Galway hospital by Garda car due to ambulance delay

The family have asked for an explanation for the delay, but say that ambulance delays are a common problem in the area.

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A FAMILY IN Co Galway were forced to have to drive their two-year-old toddler to hospital after an ambulance was delayed.

The family drove part of the way from a house in Carraroe and were due to meet the ambulance in Spiddal, when the ambulance was delayed further and they had to get a Garda car to drive them to University Hospital Galway.

The boy passed out twice during the journey, and is said to be “lucky to be alive”.

This has been described as one of a number of near-misses in the Carraroe area related to ambulance delays, which is suspected to be caused by limited resources.

Local Independent Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh said that the incident “raises very serious issues about the deployment of ambulances in the region”.

It was in the region of an hour before they reached the child and would have been closer to two hours if the family had not acted themselves.

What happened

Two-year-old Kevin Griffin was on a one-week visit from Boston with his brothers and mother to visit family in Co Galway.

Last Friday just before 6pm, he began choking on a chip at a home in Clynagh, An Cheathrú Rua (Carraroe).

Kevin’s uncle, who was present at the time, said that an ambulance was called immediately. But after they realised it was coming from Galway city and not Carraroe, they decided to meet the ambulance half-way.

“If it was coming from Carraroe it would have been three or four minutes,” Kevin’s uncle Padraic Ó Cualáin told TheJournal.ie.

“There are two ambulances there, and they’re on call from 8am until 8pm. But when they get called to go into Galway [city] and they’re there for the day then.”

They kept in contact with the ambulance and agreed to meet at the Texaco garage in Spiddal. After the family arrived 15 minutes later, they got a call to say that the ambulance would be delayed further.

So a Garda car stopped the traffic lights and escorted them the rest of the way. It was before 7pm when they reached the hospital; Kevin was treated there but had complications upon his arrival.

The issue is particularly sensitive for the family. Just over a year ago, another of Padraic’s nephews Cillian Ó Cualáin died in a similar incident. He was 17 months old. The family had waited outside the home for the emergency services – he said he wasn’t sure if a delays been an issue that day, but said that the Coast Guard helicopter had been on scene before the ambulance.

Padraic has emailed the National Ambulance Service this morning to lodge a complaint and asking for an explanation as to why there was a delay.

“The National Ambulance Service can confirm an emergency call was received for the Carraroe area, County Galway at 17.51 on 5 January 2017,” a HSE spokesperson told TheJournal.ie in response to a request for comment on the incident.

The call was categorised as an OMEGA response; minor illness or injury.
The National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) immediately dispatched the nearest available emergency ambulance at 17.52 which responded from Clifden ambulance station.

“The NEOC nurse adviser was in contact with the caller and was informed that the patient was being brought to Galway by car and an emergency ambulance was then dispatched from Galway,” the spokesperson said.

“The patient’s condition remained in the OMEGA category and as such resuscitation of the patient was not indicated or required. NEOC was also informed that the ambulance was no longer required as the Gardaí were escorting the car with the patient on board to hospital,” they added.

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The ambulance delays are part of a longstanding issue for the Carraroe area.

Last June, a 60-year-old man who was suffering from an acute medical illness was left waiting on the side of the road for 57 minutes while waiting for an ambulance.

In another case an ambulance had to travel from Roscommon to respond to a call in Carraroe, and in another case the ambulance had a response time of two hours.

Three weeks ago, it was alleged that a man who was involved in a road traffic collision was left waiting on the side of the road for two hours before an ambulance arrived.

Ó Clochartaigh says that two other cases in Connemara have been brought to his attention “where delays in ambulance deployment are thought to have been factors in negative outcomes”.

He also said that there’s a question around why the local fire brigade weren’t contacted or deployed, as they would have been in the area.

“I am calling on the Minister of Health Simon Harris to investigate this case and to review the nature and protocols of the emergency services available in the Connemara and other areas in general, to ensure that this type of inefficiency does not lead to further near misses, or tragedies.”

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    Mute Eoin Kenny
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    Jan 12th 2018, 7:34 PM

    Clap clap Simon Harris

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    Mute Franklin Roosevelt
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    Jan 12th 2018, 7:39 PM

    @Eoin Kenny: clap clap the Fine Gael/Tory philosophy.

    “Raise taxes to pay for a world class HSE? G’way, our donors will be annoyed with us!”

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    Mute Matthew Balfe
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    Jan 12th 2018, 7:39 PM

    @Eoin Kenny: it’s going on alot longer than before Simon Harris took on the position as minister for health? Least we forget our current taoiseach held that position until 2016

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    Jan 12th 2018, 9:06 PM

    @Eoin Kenny: Here Journal, stock photo or not, that’s is bad form using DFB, this happened in Galway FFS, show an NAS ambulance. People be thinking, that DFB are going to Galway.

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    Jan 12th 2018, 7:37 PM

    “We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor” – Martin Luther King Jr.

    In the case of a bank looking for money, we will have an emergency sitting of the Dáil and overnight, we will guarantee to back up their losses up to the value of €440 billion.

    In the case of repeated needless deaths and near-death experiences as the result of an inadequately funded HSE, our government ministers will be “very concerned” and then go back to their molly-coddled lives after not doing a tap.

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    Jan 12th 2018, 7:52 PM

    @Franklin Roosevelt: How do we rid ourselves of these parasitical politicians for once and for all they seem to have a limpid like grip on power.

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    Jan 12th 2018, 7:57 PM

    @David Huston: Step 1) Don’t give into their nihilistic way of thinking that *all* politicians are bad and evil and equally useless.

    Step 2) Vote in anyone but FFG. As bad as Labour were last time around, they do have a few good candidates (banish Burton, Alan Kelly etc. forever though obviously). Then choose from People Before Profit, the Social Democrats, Sinn Fein, and some Independents.

    And there has been some outstanding politicians in the past. Look what Frankling Roosevelt achieved in the US after the Great Depression and up to WW2. Look what Clement Attlee achieved in post WW2 Britain.

    Incredible people are waiting among us to deliver what we badly need.

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    Jan 12th 2018, 8:05 PM

    @Franklin Roosevelt: do you have a job?

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    Jan 12th 2018, 8:09 PM

    @David Huston:Simple. Don’t vote for them.

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    Jan 12th 2018, 8:14 PM

    @Fergus Sheahan: yes.

    Do you have a life?

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    Jan 12th 2018, 8:32 PM

    @Fergus Sheahan: Lefty councillor? Sure, let’s go with that then.

    “Same socialist rubbish”

    Can you tell me what part of socialism do you hate?

    Is it where we pool together our resources collectively for the common good like funding our gardai, fire brigades, health service, education etc.?

    And please, dear God, don’t call Venezuela “socialist.” They have a lower tax rate on individuals and corporations than America!

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    Jan 12th 2018, 8:40 PM

    @Franklin Roosevelt: human nature means it doesn’t work, where has it ever worked? Bolivia with its life expectancy of 68?

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    Jan 12th 2018, 8:45 PM

    @Fergus Sheahan: You base the greatness of an economic system on their life expectancy?

    Fergus… I had no idea you were a closet communist all this time!

    Cubans (that little island under a crushing embargo from the US) live longer than Americans!

    https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Cuban-Life-Expectancy-Among-the-Highest-in-World-at-78.45-Years-20150526-0011.html

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    Jan 12th 2018, 9:02 PM

    @Franklin Roosevelt: you win the internet again councillor…now back to enjoying capitalist Ireland while complaining about everything..SF and the rest would poo themselves if they got into power

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    Jan 12th 2018, 10:00 PM

    @Fergus Sheahan: “Capitalist Ireland” for the homeless, the old and the ones on trolleys, socialist Ireland for the bondholders and bankers.

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    Jan 12th 2018, 10:20 PM

    @Franklin Roosevelt: I agree with a lot of the things you say , but we can’t have ambulances everywhere .
    And as I was living away at the time , I find it hard to comprehend what went on in the Celtic tiger time .
    But whatever it was , I see it repeating itself .

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    Jan 13th 2018, 9:30 AM

    @Franklin Roosevelt: Sinn Fein are out of the picture after the cynical way they handled that clown with the loaf.They are still in the past

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    Jan 12th 2018, 8:02 PM

    The reason why the ambulance service is in such a state is that people call an ambulance for non-emergency cases and feel entitled to receive an emergency response.
    As an ‘omega’ case, this was not an emergency and therefore was not prioritised as presumably there were more serious incidents at that time. Just because you call 999 does not mean you are entitled to an emergency response. In other EU countries the ambulance service would refuse to respond to similar incidents.

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    Jan 12th 2018, 8:05 PM

    @David Greville: The kid passed out twice, what the hell constitutes an emergency!?

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    Jan 12th 2018, 8:22 PM

    @ED: I doubt it. It wouldn’t have been classified as an omega then. Omega is the lowest classification an emergency call can get. Like a sore toe or headache.

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    Jan 12th 2018, 8:32 PM

    @ED: All calls to the ambulance service are prioritised according to an internationally accredited and verified system. Callers are asked a series of questions by the Emergency calltaker who is using the computer system and the call is given a priority based on information received. An Omega call is the lowest acuity that can be given in all other jurisdictions would not have an ambulance despatched. What’s deemed to be a “crisis” may not be an emergency at all.

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    Jan 12th 2018, 7:43 PM

    If you’re a parent you should be informed on how to remedy child choking

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    Jan 12th 2018, 7:50 PM

    totally Ashling everyone should know the ‘Heimlick Manovers’ for adults and children it’s basic first aid

    https://www.google.ie/search?rlz=1CDGOYI_enIE702IE702&hl=en-GB&q=heimlich+maneuver&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiE06DjmNPYAhUEDMAKHeMgDD4Q7xYIISgA&biw=375&bih=591

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    Jan 12th 2018, 8:00 PM

    @Ashling Fenton: You’re right in what you say , people should know basic first aid , especially people in rural areas where help is no always close by .
    The family did the right thing to drive to meet the ambulance .

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    Jan 12th 2018, 9:33 PM

    @Ashling Fenton: Yes, it can save a life. It seems that there were further complications. I’m going on what the medical report says. Glad they were quick to call for help, and aware of what else can happen.

    Basic first aid is lifesaving all right. A colleague of mine took the full course, and the minute he completed it, every other person in his family had accidents. He certainly got plenty of practice in using what he’d just learnt.

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    Jan 12th 2018, 10:38 PM

    @Jonathan Power: Heinrich manoeuvres are not the correct way to manage a every choking small child. Alternating back blows and either abdominal thrusts (older child) or chest thrusts (infant age 1 or less) are the current recommended therapy, or CPR if unconscious. Try searching for Resus Council Guidelines on choking instead.

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    Jan 12th 2018, 10:39 PM
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    Jan 12th 2018, 7:51 PM

    It may seem trivial at first glance, choking is easily remedied most would say, but a chip is not solid, it will mush & stick, let us not forget that the brain can only go so many 100s of seconds without oxygen.
    This episode sounds terrifying to child & parents alike.
    Our government/governments have much to answer for.

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    Jan 12th 2018, 7:50 PM

    I’m sure Simon Harris will be “concerned”…..

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    Jan 12th 2018, 8:41 PM

    Please folks … if you have a child in distress or anyone in you family in need of emergency care and an ambulance is more than 8 minutes away request your nearest fire service to attend … most crews are trained up to EFR AND CFR level
    . And this service is under utilised … because of so called cut backs at local authority level … but its there … Just ask for it !!!!!!

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    Jan 12th 2018, 9:07 PM

    @dusty: you don’t have to ask for it .if the ambulance is not near then they’ll send the fire services anyway

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    Jan 12th 2018, 9:52 PM

    @dusty: If the Chief fire officer doesn’t want their fire service to respond to “Ambulance assists” it won’t happen. In this instance it wasn’t an emergency

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    Jan 12th 2018, 11:35 PM

    @Siobhán Ni Mhurchú: No they don’t.

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    Jan 12th 2018, 8:09 PM

    Poor child. I’ve seen people in the ED abusing our limited ambulance supply like taxis! I think abusers should be fined

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    Jan 12th 2018, 7:36 PM

    Not enough ambulances on call and nor enough positioned at distributed local locations, able to respond in a timely way in the case of an emergency. Delays are standard but are only occasionally life threatening.

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    Jan 12th 2018, 8:12 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne: Ambulances must be based in hospitals, not ‘local locations’.

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    Jan 12th 2018, 8:33 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne:

    How many are there and how many should there be? What is the current utilization of ambulances?
    I don’t know the answer to these questions but obviously you do if you know there are not enough

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    Jan 12th 2018, 8:56 PM

    @sean o’dhubhghaill: Why should ambulances be based in a hospital ?
    In my mind it would make more sense to be based 10-15 minutes drive away .

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    Jan 12th 2018, 8:58 PM

    @sean o’dhubhghaill: Are you sure? The ambulances where i live are based in the fire station and it’s 30km to the nearest hospital

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    Jan 12th 2018, 9:33 PM

    @Anne Marie Devlin: To disinfect and restock after delivering a patient. Restricted drugs and 02 cylinders can’t be held just anywhere!

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    Jan 12th 2018, 10:37 PM

    @sean o’dhubhghaill: Ambulance based in clifden hospital would have nearly an hours travel on a good day to get to carraroe.slightly faster from galway. Still too long tho for an emergancy

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    Jan 12th 2018, 11:30 PM

    @Trish Ryan: What can you do ? We can’t have ambulances everywhere .
    We need volunteers.

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    Jan 13th 2018, 9:13 AM

    @sean o’dhubhghaill: they could disinfect and restock in local centre if it was stocked with disinfectant and had a secure store for drugs. Not exactly rocket science.

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    Jan 12th 2018, 9:30 PM

    Tragic tragic story. ..pity the journal used a photo of a dublin fire brigade ambulance in the story..who provide an exemplary service to the people of dublin. . when it was the National Ambulance Service who should have responded ..who are also so understaffed it’s obscene. .shame on the establishment. ..get your facts right journal. ..

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    Jan 12th 2018, 9:40 PM

    @Pete Higg: thankfully the outcome was not fatal for the child. ..close call. ..

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    Jan 12th 2018, 10:31 PM

    @Pete Higg: Thank the Gardaí.

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    Jan 13th 2018, 1:44 AM

    @Pete Higg: Maybe the service would be better if it is tendered out to a private contractor.

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    Jan 12th 2018, 9:57 PM

    Hey journal. Why are you showing. Dublin Fire Brigade Ambulance when on the subject of delays ?
    DFB are the only ones who answer their calls on time !
    Also this relates to Galway. Nothing to do with DFB

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    Jan 12th 2018, 7:52 PM

    The Garda Commisioner is e mailing Simon Harris he’s response to this near tragedy, as we speak!#cult

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    Jan 12th 2018, 7:59 PM

    @John Dman: What are you on about?

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    Jan 12th 2018, 8:29 PM

    @The Bunk: have you not heard the news?

    The Garda Commisioners are e mailing fine Gael ministers, and telling them what they should be saying in the Dail. #cult

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    Jan 12th 2018, 11:29 PM

    While parents might be proficient in Paediatric First Aid,there is always a degree of panic in these situations due to shock.Also in an older child it may not be easy to dislodge food as they are terrified and upset,and food has been lodged lower down.
    If she passed out she probably needed resuscitation ..It’s a bit much expecting parents to have to deal with such an ordeal without medical support.The least you can expect is an ambulance for crying out loud.

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    Jan 12th 2018, 11:47 PM

    What a bloody disgrace , well done to the emergency services who got the boy to the hospital in time , but this could of had such a tragic ending, the parents must be commended too for not waiting on the ambulance and taking matters into there own hands

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    Jan 12th 2018, 10:22 PM

    Well private ambulances are contracted by the HSE as are the voluntary organisations all the time. Mostly it is for patient transfers but perhaps they could look at having contracts for on call services in rural areas. Now admittedly the ambulances would need to be staff by paramedics or even advanced paramedics for emergencies and not EMTs which a lot of private ambulances use for patient transfers. That’s not insurmountable though. There were ad campaigns l over Facebook recruiting paramedics. Well they could try paying the ones they have a little better and using the graduates off the new paramedic degree once they are finished.

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    Jan 12th 2018, 9:47 PM

    I think our present Minister is the best we have had as a Minister of Health he’s done more than the famous Dr Reilly or Our Taoiseach for health care in Ireland

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    Jan 12th 2018, 10:05 PM

    @Anastasia: Because he’s said he’s concerned???

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    Jan 13th 2018, 12:24 AM

    Everyone has to answer to someone. And the ambulance service is no different who is in charge what is the expected timeline that an ambulance should show up after call is called in.every town in every country must know this to ensure you have enough staff and ambulance to serve your local town. I am sure you have inspectors checking on the call logs every year to see how you are doing and what needs to be changed and how you can do better if you do not know there is a problem how can you change it everyone has to answer to someone and if that person is not doing their job they have to go. Because at the end of the day people’s lives are at risk.

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    Jan 13th 2018, 12:42 AM

    And look I get it!! Every City Town and village are hard up for money. But at the end of the day they have a right to know how many ambulances they have and how many ambulances they should have for where they live and how long they should wait for an ambulance after a call is called in. lives are at risk .my God I have seen more go fund pages set up for a lot less and I’m sure if people knew they would raise funds for an extra ambulance if you need it. We can’t to better or change if we don’t know.

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    Jan 13th 2018, 9:37 AM

    @Leanne Behan:

    In a perfect world everything would be perfect. We always hear of the few failures. How many people are saved by the ambulance service that we don’t hear about. Again we don’t live in a perfect world

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    Jan 13th 2018, 12:48 AM

    You can please some of the people some of the time and more of the people more of the time but you can’t please all of the people all of the time. All you can do is your best

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    Jan 13th 2018, 1:05 AM

    @Tony Brady: do you hear what you’re saying !!!you can save lives some of the time but not all of the time and that the child can just choke to death? No the truth is you need to march down to your local ambulance service and ask them for our local community what is the expected time for them to show up after a call in to 999 that’s it and for their size of their town or location is that the guideline of time that they should show up.

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