A VOLUNTEER life-saving team on the Llyn Peninsula is appealing for more members to join them to help the dedicated, but small group already in place.

Community First Responders are volunteers who donate their spare time to attend appropriate 999 calls and provide emergency care to people in their own community.

When a 999 call is made, the First Responders are alerted by the ambulance service’s control centre and sent to certain types of calls at the same time as an ambulance so they can provide essential care until the vehicle reaches the scene.

The volunteers are trained by the Welsh Ambulance Service to administer basic first aid skills, oxygen therapy, cardiopulmonary res­uscitation and the use of a defibrillator.

There are currently 14 Community First Responders on the Llyn Peninsula and nearby area.

To register your int­erest in becoming a First Responder call 01745 532916 or email [email protected] or visit www.ambulance.wales.uk.

See the full story in this week’s Arfon/Dwyfor edition of the Cambrian News