Crossgates and Mossgreen Community Council Secures Defibrillators

That the Parliament congratulates Crossgates and Mossgreen Community Council in Fife on making a concerted effort in the last year to install defibrillators in the local community; commends the group for successfully managing to secure funding for five defibrillators at a cost of almost £13,000; recognises that four out of five of the planned defibrillators have been accepted by the NHS and the Scottish Ambulance Service and have been installed at locations across Crossgates and Mossgreen, including the Coaledge Tavern, Lodge St John 540, Mossgreen Service Station and MRS Training and Rescue, with the last defibrillator still awaiting paperwork to be completed before being installed at Crossgates Primary School and Nursery; understands that a defibrillator is a life-saving machine that gives the heart an electric shock in some cases of cardiac arrest; appreciates that for every minute that passes without defibrillation, the chances of survival decrease by 10%, with research showing that applying a controlled shock within five minutes of collapse provides the best possible chances of survival, and further praises the work of the community council on its success, which it considers has the potential to save lives in the local community.