Scottish Rugby | Learn a simple skill – it saves lives!

Scottish Rugby is joining a campaign to encourage more people to learn a straight-forward skill that saves lives.

In the last few weeks, we have seen that anyone – no matter their levels of fitness – can suffer a heart attack or cardiac arrest.

But it’s the “what happens next” that can be crucial to their chances of survival.

Both 20-year-old Blairgowrie Rugby Club player Hamish Bell and the Danish international footballer Christian Eriksen are still alive thanks to the prompt actions of team-mates and medical staff.

As you can see on the video, Scottish Rugby’s Chief Medical Officer and Scotland team doctor James Robson has taken the Scotland national men’s squad through some simple measures that anyone can do if confronted by a collapse where an individual has stopped breathing and is unresponsive.

His sessions have been in support of the work being undertaken by the Scottish Ambulance Service and Save a Life Scotland.