Scottish Rugby's Welfare Manager Dr. Karen Barclay will be leading first aid and CPD sessions spread across the country from early July until mid-August.

The sessions for healthcare professionals will use the simulation suite in a mobile skills unit, provided by the NHS' Clinical Skills Managed Educational Network.

There will be 12 First Aid skills refresher sessions and 18 sessions for health care professionals (HCPs). These sessions are two hours long and cover more advanced pitchside skills using scenarios in the mobile skills unit. Some of these sessions utilise the simulation suite to offer high fidelity training.

Each of the 12 AED/CPR sessions will be an hour long, and focuses on how to recognise a sudden cardiac arrest and how to manage this by delivering chest compressions and using an AED (heart start machine). The session will also cover how to manage choking episodes in both adults or children. Sessions are suitable for everyone, and no previous first aid experience is required.

All First Aid/immediate care and AED/CPR sessions will be held at the following venues:

Scottish Gas Murrayfield
Borders College
Scotstoun
Kilmarnock
Highland
Falkirk

If you or someone at your club are interested in these courses, please forward this email on and ensure they have signed up through https://scottishrugby.org/scrums/.