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2022: A Year in Review

By December 31, 2022January 6th, 2023No Comments

Thank you to all our Partners for the hard work and commitment.

We are looking forward to the exciting new challenges in 2023!

Here are some key highlights of year 2022 at Save a Life for Scotland:

Save a Life for Scotland logo. Text: download our board game! Learn about the Chain of Survival and how to help save a life. Go to savealife.scot/boardgame. Image of a person holding out cards from the board game. Cards include the following terms: community readiness, early recognition and call for help, CPR, defibrillation, Life after cardiac arrest.

The Board Game

We’ve released a Board Game to support learning about out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and the Chain of Survival in a new way. Download the printable game here.

Collage of portrait images. Top left: a man using BSL. Top right: a woman in a wheelchair. Bottom left: a woman with sightloss. Bottom right: a man with a hidden disability. Text insert in the middle of the image: Save a Life for Scotland logo. Heading: What part will you play? Other text: It takes a team to save a life. #PlayYourPart. Be a lifesaver. Go to savealife.scot/play-your-part.

Play Your Part

We’ve created a hub of accessible resources to support the Disabled community in learning of CPR and enabling taking part in saving someone’s life. Watch the campaign video and view the resources here.

An image of a man An image with an outdoor background, showing two people: one lying down and the other performing CPR. At the forefront of the image is a hand holding a smart phone with the GoodSam map on it. The text block reads: Help save a life in Scotland, download the Good Sam app, visit savealife.scot/goodsam. Below the text block are logos of Save a Life for Scotland, Good Sam and the Scottish Ambulance Service.

GoodSAM

The GoodSAM app opened up to everyone in Scotland. Anyone with lifesaving CPR skills can become a first responder. Learn CPR and sign up to GoodSAM app here.

Improving Outcomes from OHCA - infographic Where we are 2021-2022 Average number of OHCA is 3,140 per year, split by gender: 36% women and 64% men. Comparison of statistics before the strategy and the latest numbers. Before strategy: bystander CPR was received by 41%. Latest statistics: bystander CPR is received by 66%. Average number of OHCA is 3,140 per year, split of 36% women and 64% men. Use of PAD The proportion of OHCA where a publicly accessible defibrillator was used before the arrival of the Ambulance Service rose to 8%. Survival rate During COVID restrictions 1 in 14 people with OHCA survived to leave hospital. This has improved to 1 in 10. Baseline figures are from 2011-2015 prior to the launch of Scotland’s Strategy for OHCA in March 2015. End of text.

Scotland’s OHCA Report 2019-22

The latest data on out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Scotland has been published by the Scottish Ambulance Service. Read about the key findings and/or the full report here.

Image with text that reads: So far we've equipped 675,284 people with lifesaving skills.

675,284 People with CPR Skills

The Save a Life for Scotland Partnership has so far equipped 675,284 people with lifesaving skills. This is down to the amazing effort and the hard work of our Partners. We are now well on track to reach 1 million people by 2025! Click here to learn CPR.

Thank you Scotland!