GLENBERVIE Golf Club in Stirling has become the latest club to receive a defibrillator as part of a St John Scotland scheme, to supply golf clubs with life saving devices.    

An agreement was signed with Scottish Golf in January 2015 that will result in around 70 defibrillators being provided golf clubs across the country over three years.

Glenbervie Golf Club took delivery of their brand new defibrillator this month, which could prove critical in an emergency. 

Approximately 3,500 people undergo attempted resuscitation each year after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, but currently only around 1 in 20 survive.

Defibrillation works in synergy with CPR, and is most effective the earlier it is performed.

Delivering a defibrillatory electrical shock to the heart within 3-5 minutes of collapse can produce survival rates as high as 75%. (Source: Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest, A Strategy for Scotland, The Scottish Government, March 2015)

Pictured are St John Scotland Central chairman David Niven with Glenbervie Golf Club chairman Neil W.MacDonald.