Lanarkshire Saving Lives

67 new lifesavers added to the books!

Lanarkshire Saving Lives

We have a guest blog post from Julie McQuade, a Clinical Skills Specialist in Lanarkshire, who trained 67 new lifesavers along with her team!

“We were delighted to be invited along to the Girls Brigade Glasgow specialised training event, where there were 21 companies represented.  Our aim was to inspire them to take back the CPR training to their own companies.  It was a brilliant fun session, everyone loved the teaching and felt confident cascading the information back to their groups.  Girls Brigade reach a huge population of young people and whilst some councils have pledged to incorporate CPR training into the school curriculum, it will take a while to be embedded so events like this are crucial.

We had lots of help from very willing volunteers all nurses and doctors from NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Wales who all had a fantastic session and are looking forward to the next one.” – Julie McQuade

Well Done to Julie and all the volunteers who made this happen! Learn more about Girl’s Brigade here.

 

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From shopping to sports centres, Commonwealth Games to the European Championships, schools to nurseries and Scottish Craft Butchers, This Morning TV appearances, MPs, MSPs and with the help of Carol Smilie, and The Proclaimers, together in 2018 we’ve taken the CPR message well over 500 miles linking communities across Scotland with one clear message, that everyone can help save a life.

It has been a year of such brilliant variety with more and more opportunities for people to get CPR ready but it only happens when people come together and take action.

To every one of you who has spoken about CPR with friends, family or strangers, keep talking, each conversation matters.

To those who have helped pave the way for people to learn CPR, opening doors to communities, schools and businesses, thank you and please keep opening the doors for us all to reach as many people as possible.

To those who continue to bring life saving skills to our young folks across Scotland in Primary and Secondary schools, giving their time and energy to enable them to have skills for life and pass these on those around them, keep on keeping on to inspire our young people to be our strongest ambassadors.

To those who work in Public Service, the third sector or volunteer in their communities to respond with the aim of saving and preserving life, your work is essential and valued and at the heart of supporting and inspiring others to do so too. You keep the CPR message at the heart of communities where it belongs.

Everyone reaching people in their own unique way but with an eye on the same prize, helping more and more people in Scotland learn CPR skills. Lives have been saved in 2018 and may our resolution be for more folks to have the chance of survival.

Each one of you helps send a strong message to communities that their lives matter. Here’s to spreading that message further and wider together in 2019.

WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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