Mid Deeside Community First Responders

About

to provide emergency life-saving support by the use of CPR, defibrillation and oxygen administration, in the vital early stages before an ambulance can either be deployed or reach any casualty in our rural location. We are based in the community and can often reach a casualty before an ambulance, which may have to come from as far as 40 miles away. The scheme is run in conjunction with the Scottish Ambulance Service, who give us our initial training and specify ongoing regular refresher training. We aim to provide as much cover as possible and had been achieving 2 to 3 days per week, including overnight cover. We recruit new members to increase our cover. We run monthly refresher training for all members.

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