Shetland’s whitefish boats receive on-board defibrillators
A dozen new devices, designed to give controlled electrical shocks to the heart of someone in cardiac arrest, have been secured for the local fleet through grants from the Scottish Government’s Marine Fund Scotland. It is part of a wider £80,000 government investment under which a total of 100 new defibrillators have been gifted to fishing vessels throughout Scotland. Shetland Fishermen’s Association executive officer Sheila Keith said: “In the case of sudden cardiac arrest, we know that the sooner a defibrillator can be deployed the better the chances of survival. >click to read< 13:06
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