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News 2005
June 2005
Genetics in Modern Medicine
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh are holding a symposium on the subject of Genetics in Modern Medicine at:
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
9 Queen Street
Edinburgh
Friday 9 September 2005
May 2005
News From The Isle Of Eriskay
Ever since local resident Michael Cross attended a first-aid course last year which included a brief introduction to a
defibrillation machine, he quickly became convinced of its
importance within a community, particularly the more
isolated and started a campaign to try and obtain one for
the island and its inhabitants.
He made contact with the manufacturers, Cardiac Science, which led him to Scottish H.A.R.T and after a number of discussions with them and attending local meetings on Eriskay, he arranged for them to come over to the island to give a talk and a demonstration of the machine and meet some of the islanders. This was achieved on April 16 and subsequent to that, Cardiac Science issued the following press release:
“The islanders have agreed to get
involved in fund-raising so we agreed to hand over the AED
at our first visit,” said Wilma Gunn. “With both Neilina and
Michael dedicated to carry the fund-raising forward over the
next few months and support the work that Scottish HART is
doing.”
Mrs. Gunn also revealed that although Eriskay is the
first on the programme, Scottish HART is determined that
other islands and communities should have the safety cover
that a defibrillator gives and the team will return when
other groups raise the capital to fund the programme.
Those trained to certificate level on Eriskay were:
Jonathan Campbell, Michael Cross, Pat Cross, David Campbell,
Jamie Campbell, Iain MacKinnon, Neilina MacInnes and
Christopher Campbell.
Wilma Gunn hands over the AED to residents of Eriskay on 16th April. Left to right are Iain MacKinnon, Pat Cross, Rod McIntosh from BASICS Scotland, Michael Cross, Stephen Halley from Cardiac Science, Wilma Gunn, Christopher, Jamie and Jonathan Campbell. Inset are Neilina MacInnes and David Campbell. All are certified PAD (Public Access Defibrillation) scheme members.
March 2005
Councillor Vicky Davidson handing over a defibrillator to Ian Fernyhough and Barbara Irwin at St Mary’s Loch.
St Mary’s Loch is in the remote Yarrow Valley where it can take over an hour to get an ambulance to a cardiac arrest victim. This scheme attracted 17 volunteers.
Picture by Alistair Learmonth
Shell Jubin as she hands over one of the defibrillators to the town of Hawick and Hawick High School at a ceremony in “Thinkfitness” on Friday 6 March 2005.
Picture by Alistair Learmonth
Shell Jubin as she hands over one of the defibrillators to May Cully and Anne Scott from Hawick High School.
The number of volunteer PAD (Public Access Defibrillator) volunteers in Hawick is now over 20 and rising thanks to the certificate training by Brian Carlin and Rod McIntosh.
Scottish H.A.R.T. is now on the NHS Helpline 0800 22 44 88
(open 8.00am to 10.00pm).
Donations to Bank of Scotland, 6 Market Place, Selkirk, Sort Code 80-18-66. A/c 00126170