Lifesaver Project
. LCA 2 students from Hazelwood College attended the Lifesaver Project in The Crescent Shopping Centre on October 22nd last.
The Lifesaver project is a collaborative effort between An Garda Siochana, Limerick Ambulance Service, The H.S.E. Limerick City & County Fire Service and the Road Safety Departments of Limerick County & City Councils. This programme is geared towards the senior cycle classes in all secondary schools and other appropriate groupings and is aimed at reducing the number and severity of road traffic collisions and to improve road safety awareness. All aspects of road safety were covered including, safety belts, drink and drug driving, speed, pedestrians and cyclists, fatigue.
Actors, each portraying seriously injured traffic collision victims, were treated by emergency services during the demonstration.
Participants of The Lifesaver Project were also presented with hard-hitting road safety advertisements from around the world, personal accounts from people who have survived serious injury collisions and footage of the families of those who have died.
Emergency personnel also informed participants of their own first hand experiences at the scenes of accidents and also the follow on effects and how it changes people’s lives forever.