Former Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dunfermline
15/03/2012
Another community group, this time in the West Fife Villages, is providing a valuable service and is currently seeking volunteers and fund-raisers.
The Saline First Responders cover Saline, Blairhall, Comrie, Oakley, Carnock, Gowkhall, Steelend and outlying farms, delivering emergency medical assistance while ambulance crews make their way to patients. Read more of this post
13/03/2012
That the Parliament congratulates the Saline First Responder scheme, which was set up to provide emergency medical assistance to people in West Fife villages while ambulance crews are en route; notes that, since commencing with two volunteers on 29 September 2011, the scheme now has 14 volunteers who are trained and a further five awaiting training; considers the service it provides to Saline, Blairhall, Comrie, Oakley, Carnock, Gowkhall, Steelend and outlying farms to be excellent; believes that the scheme has the potential to save lives through rapid assistance, and wishes it success in its recruitment drive for more volunteers and fundraisers.
Supported by: Margaret Burgess, Mike MacKenzie, Richard Lyle, Liz Smith, Kenneth Gibson, Colin Beattie, Sandra White, Dave Thompson
Date Lodged: 07/03/2012
07/03/2012
A scheme to provide emergency medical assistance to people in the West Fife villages, while ambulance crews make their way to the scene, is going from strength to strength, reports Dunfermline MSP and Villages Councillor Bill Walker.
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