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Forth Valley First Responders are volunteers trained by The Scottish Ambulance Service to attend 999 emergencies before the arrival of an Ambulance.

The Resuscitation Council (UK) states that a First Responder is “a person, trained as a minimum in basic life support and the use of a defibrillator, who attends a potentially life-threatening emergency.”

A Community First Responder is a local volunteer who agrees to undertake training in Basic Life Support, This then enables them to provide life saving treatment to those people within the community who are critically ill, in the first few minutes prior to the arrival of an ambulance.

The Forth Valley First Responders are volunteers who give their time freely to help save lives in their community.

First Responders are everyday members of the general public who are trained by The Scottish Ambulance Service to attend 999 emergencies before the arrival of an Ambulance.

First Responders are trained in the use of Automated External Defibrillators and the treatment and control of a wide range of potentially life threatening conditions.

The Forth Valley First Responders provide support to the Scottish Ambulance Service by attending serious and life threatening 999 calls in and around the Forth Valley area to provide the earliest possible intervention for patients in the first few minutes until the arrival of an Ambulance.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

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