Tag: St John Scotland
Defibrillator at the ready at Marionville Community Fire Station
The Church of Scotland, and the congregation at St Margaret's Parish Church Restalrig have joined forces with local firefighters to find a place for a defibrillator which is now sited at Marionville Community Fire...
New defibrillator installed at Beach House Café on Portobello Prom
Donald Scott, 49, from Duddingston was saved by a defibrillator when he had a cardiac arrest. He was so grateful that he has now raised funds himself to install one of the life-saving devices...
Defibrillators for every Church of Scotland parish in the capital
The Presbytery of Edinburgh is investing £83,000 to buy 49 fully-automated defibrillators for the outside of its buildings across Edinburgh.The life-saving equipment will then be available for use by anyone 24 hours a day...
Defibrillators now installed on all 27 trams
Edinburgh has 27 trams in total and now all of them have a defibrillator on board thanks to the efforts of St John Scotland.This follows the donation last year of some 17 life-saving devices...
Save a Life for Scotland – St John Scotland holds CPR training
St John Scotland hosted a free CPR training session on Saturday as part of Save a Life for Scotland in the Harry Younger Hall, just off the Royal Mile.This is an initiative with a...
