Operation Heart Start is a registered charity formed in 1987, we support communities across the North East of Fife.
Funded entirely by donations, we receive no financial support from the NHS or ambulance service. We are operated by volunteers.
Our objectives are to support community resilience by;
Our objectives are to support community resilience by;
- Raising awareness of cardiac arrest (OHCA)
- Provide training in basic life support skills
- Provide equipment to save lives, primarily publicly accesible defibrillators.
- Working along with the emergency services, other similar charities, local businesses and Scot Goverment to realize our aims.
This community based organisation provides training in basic life support (CPR) and the use of a defibrillator. Using funds donated by the public, we have also been able to provide resuscitation equipment, such as defibrillators, to local clubs, businesses and community organisations. We are continually developing our extensive programme to install Public Access Defibrillators in St Andrews and surrounding communities.
54 publicly accessible defibrillators and counting... 3 lives saves,
24/7 availability, at least 1 unit deployed weekly
At our training sessions, in under two hours, anyone can learn the simple skills that can save lives.
