Scottish Ambulance Service Community Resilience

22/05/2026

It was fantastic to see so many of our volunteers and colleagues at SCAS yesterday, with a number of our volunteers nominated for the Newton Award - a brilliant recognition of their outstanding contribution to the chain of survival and their dedication to improving outcomes from out‑of‑hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) 🤩

Hearing about all the incredible work and achievements across Scotland, the UK, and even across the pond was truly inspiring 👏🏼

If you weren’t able to join us, don’t worry - you can catch up by clicking the link in the post below ⬇️

SAS Wildcat Cardiac Responders

20/05/2026

Congratulations and well done to our new CFR’s who will be joining Bothwell/Uddingston, Cambuslang, Craignish, Neilston/Uplawmoor and Troon. A very warm welcome to the Scottish Ambulance Service 🚑👏
We would also like to show our appreciation to our Airdrie, Largs and Newton Mearns CFRs for giving their time to support the course.

08/05/2026

Incredible effort from our volunteers this past month🤩 thank you to every single one of our Cardiac Responders & First Responders across the whole country!

A spotlight on the figures that made up our emergency response last month.
Great work from our teams and volunteers across Scotland 💚

08/05/2026

Well done team 🤩👏🏼

CPR Awareness at Turriff Primary School

I’ve just had two brilliant days at Turriff Primary School delivering CPR awareness sessions to every class from P1 to P7, and the pupils’ enthusiasm was incredible.

A huge shout‑out to the Voluntary Cardiac Responder and Student Paramedics from RGU. Their hands‑on demos and energy helped bring everything to life and showed pupils what real emergency response looks like.

The children threw themselves into every activity, and it was inspiring to see how quickly they connected with the basics. Helping young people feel more aware and confident strengthens our whole community.

A massive thank‑you to the staff and pupils for such a warm welcome and two unforgettable days.

07/05/2026

This is fantastic to see! Thank you for supporting our Community Responders, Jack! 🫶🏼💚

SAS Newly Qualified Paramedic Jack Gunn is pictured at a recent Aberdeen City First Responder monthly training session.

Jack joined the volunteers to deliver a cardiac arrest scenario and familiarisation of a SAS A&E vehicle.

Thanks to Jack for the training and to all our volunteers - your work is invaluable to communities.

07/05/2026

This week we’re delighted to share feedback we received directly from the attending ambulance crew from a job where Attica was first on scene as a Community Cardiac Responder.

Well done Attica, and thank you so much for the excellent care and teamwork you’ve shown ☺️💚

02/05/2026

Pictured is Jason Tilbury from Yell, Shetland, a newly trained Community Cardiac Responder, receiving a donated defibrillator to support his vital voluntary role. Volunteers like Jason provide a crucial, rapid response to cardiac arrest calls in their communities, often arriving first and delivering life‑saving care in the minutes before an ambulance can reach the scene.

The defibrillator has been generously donated by the North Yell Development Council and supplied by Grampian Training Services 💚

Welcome to the Scottish Ambulance Service, Jason. We wish you all the best in your new role 🍀🚑

30/04/2026

This week for , we’re sharing feedback submitted by one of our crews for Aaron, one of our Newton Mearns CFRs. Aaron has recently completed his Community First Responder course and we are so pleased to see him settling into his new role☺️

Well done Aaron, and thank you for your commitment and professionalism 👏🏼

27/04/2026

Fantastic to see our Community First Responders and Community Cardiac Responders (Wildcats) working as a team and receiving a GREATiX from the operational A and E Crew. Well done to Jim, Angela and Keith. Thanks to the crew, and 1st Year RGU Student Paramedic Jodie, for the nomination it’s really appreciated 😊

23/04/2026

Huge thank you to Leanne who carried out a rapid assessment of a patient she attended as a Community First Responder. Recognising quickly that the patient was in Cardiac Arrest, she was able to escalate this to Ambulance Control and start CPR immediately.

Well done Leanne, and thank you for everything you do for your patients and community 💚