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Living in a remote community has many upsides but there can be challenges too.

Challenges such as accessing medical assistance in the event of a health emergency such as a sudden cardiac arrest.

One of the ways we’re trying to help our teams and communities safe is by installing defibrillators at our facilities.

Some, by the very nature of our work, are required to be housed internally such as on feed barges out at sea. However, where we know there to be no community device available, we’ve made a conscious effort to install our own devices outdoors wherever possible so that the local community can access them too.

We’ve also registered these on The Circuit – the national defibrillator network which provides an overview of where defibrillators can be found across the UK – so that our defibrillators are visible to NHS ambulance services who can direct callers to their locations, in the event they prove to be the nearest.

Where to find our defibrillators

Below you’ll find a list of the Scottish Sea Farms defibrillators that are immediately accessible to members of the public, be they local residents or visitors to the area:

Stirling head office | Reception desk at office entrance | 9am-5pm
Engineering workshop | External face of main entrance | 24-hour access
Barcaldine Hatchery | Exterior wall adjacent to car park | 24-hour access
Spelve shore base | Shore base porch door | 24-hour access
Scallastle shore base | Yard wall | 8am-5pm
Fishnish shore base | Yard shed | 24-hour access
Scapa regional office | External face of the main entrance | 24-hour access
Eday shore base | External face of the main entrance | 24-hour access
Engineering workshop | External face of the main entrance | 24-hour access
Punds Voe shorebase | Internal in canteen | 8am-5pm
Gonfirth shore base | External face of shore base | 24-hour access
Whalsay shore base | External face of shore base | 24-hour access
Setterness shore base | External face of shore base | 24-hour access
Gremista processing | External face near main entrance | 24-hour access
Wadbister shore base | External face of shore base | 24-hour access
Girlsta hatchery | External face near main entrance | 24-hour access
Scalloway processing facility | Porch at main entrance | 24-hour access
Engineering workshop | External face of main entrance | 24-hour access
Cliftsound shore base | External face of shore base | 24-hour access
Dury shore base | External face of shore base | 24-hour access
Vidlin shore base | External face of shore base | 24-hour access
Mangaster shore base | External face of shore base | 24-hour access
Ronas Voe shore base | External face of shore base | 24-hour access

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Stirling head office | Reception desk at office entrance | 9am-5pm
Punds Voe shorebase | Internal in canteen | 8am-5pm
Gonfirth shore base | External face of shore base | 24-hour access
Whalsay shore base | External face of shore base | 24-hour access
Setterness shore base | External face of shore base | 24-hour access
Gremista processing | External face near main entrance | 24-hour access
Wadbister shore base | External face of shore base | 24-hour access
Girlsta hatchery | External face near main entrance | 24-hour access
Scalloway processing facility | Porch at main entrance | 24-hour access
Engineering workshop | External face of main entrance | 24-hour access
Cliftsound shore base | External face of shore base | 24-hour access
Dury shore base | External face of shore base | 24-hour access
Vidlin shore base | External face of shore base | 24-hour access
Mangaster shore base | External face of shore base | 24-hour access
Ronas Voe shore base | External face of shore base | 24-hour access
Scapa regional office | External face of the main entrance | 24-hour access
Eday shore base | External face of the main entrance | 24-hour access
Engineering workshop | External face of the main entrance | 24-hour access
Engineering workshop | External face of main entrance | 24-hour access
Barcaldine Hatchery | Exterior wall adjacent to car park | 24-hour access
Spelve shore base | Shore base porch door | 24-hour access
Scallastle shore base | Yard wall | 8am-5pm
Fishnish shore base | Yard shed | 24-hour access

If someone is having a cardiac arrest

If you witness someone suffering a suspected cardiac arrest, the British Heart Foundation advises the following four steps:

  1. Call 999
  2. Start CPR
    The 999 emergency operator will tell you what to do or click here to learn how to perform CPR
  3. Ask someone to bring a defibrillator if there’s one nearby
    If no-one is available to get one, listen to the 999 emergency operator for further instructions.
  4. Turn on the defibrillator
    They are designed to be simple and easy to use, with clear instructions on exactly what to do.

Using a defibrillator

Don’t feel confident using a defibrillator? Watch the British Heart Foundation’s defibrillator video here.

"To help someone who is in cardiac arrest effectively, a defibrillator needs to be found as quickly as possible. For every minute it takes for the defibrillator to reach someone and deliver a shock, their chances of survival reduce." British Heart Foundation

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