cfrs – Emma Roddick MSP

Roddick calls for expanding role of Community First Responders

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has today asked the Scottish Government to consider revisiting existing restrictions on the role of Community First Responders in assisting the Scottish Ambulance Service. Roddick urged the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care to explore further ways in which Community First Responders can aid Scottish Ambulance Service crewsContinue reading “Roddick calls for expanding role of Community First Responders”

Roddick Announces Local Hero Nomination as Volunteer First Responder Michael O’Neill

A training dummy is receiving chest compressions from one volunteer while another stabilises it's head. Breathing apparatus has been applied to the dummy.

Emma Roddick, MSP for the Highlands and Islands, has announced the nomination of Alness resident Michael O’Neill as the Local Hero from the region. O’Neill has done invaluable work in the Highlands; setting up Alness First Responders, a volunteer group who attend 999 calls to provide urgent care before an ambulance arrives. The group, nowContinue reading “Roddick Announces Local Hero Nomination as Volunteer First Responder Michael O’Neill”