VIDEO: Award for Fife youngster Alfie, 11, who set up first aid station in playground
A budding playground paramedic who set up a first aid station in his primary school has received a national award for his efforts.
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Praise for 11-year-old Perthshire pupil as she guides classmates on CPR
A Perthshire schoolgirl has shown she is in a class act when it comes to saving lives.
Fife mum praises ‘unsung heroes’ of ambulance service who saved her ‘half-drowned’ son, 3
Ahead of a new TV documentary series following Scotland’s paramedics, a Fife mum tells Michael Alexander how her half-drowned son was saved by the ‘unsung heroes’ of the Scottish Ambulance Service, while Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance, based at Perth, gives an insight into its life-saving role.
Rural Angus communities add to lifesaving tally of local AEDs
Lifesaving defibrillators are in place in two more rural Angus communities including a phone box cabinet conversion for the coronary care kit.
Angus grandfather brought back from the dead by hero leisure centre workers after collapse
A Tayside grandfather has told how he was brought back from the dead after collapsing during a kickabout.
Fife boy, 3, who stopped breathing saved by hero pharmacist in St Andrews car park
A Fife mother has described the moment a hero pharmacist saved the life of her three-year-old son.
Kinross butcher wins national award for life-saving campaign
A campaign to install lifesaving equipment in every high street in the country has earned a Kinross couple a national award.
Montrose defibrillator project adds lifesaving training to farmers’ market offering
A new and potentially vital attraction was added to the latest Montrose Farmers’ Market when visitors were given the chance to learn how to save a life.
CPR training at school to be extended amid calls for compulsory lessons
Every high school in Perth and Kinross will offer CPR training by next year.
Pupils given the power to become a life-saver
Hundreds of school pupils in Brechin have been given the power to save life.