Organisations
- Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
- Scottish Ambulance Service
- Scottish Ambulance Service – Community First Responders
- Scottish Fire & Rescue Services
- BASICS Scotland
- Save a Life Scotland
- Resuscitation Council UK
- Scottish Government: Health and Social Care
- NHS Education for Scotland
- CRUSE Bereavement Care Scotland
- Emergency Medical Research Group Edinburgh
- SIGN Guidelines
- Network for Inherited Cardiac Conditions Scotland (NICCS, formerly FANS)
- Cardiac Risk in the Young
- Arrhythmia Alliance
- Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors
- British Society for Genetic Medicine
- British Heart Foundation
Strategies
- Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Strategy for Scotland [PDF]
- Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Strategy for Scotland: Review 2015/16 [PDF]
- Scottish Fire and Rescue Service: National Out-Of-Hospital Trial Extended
- Scottish Fire and Rescue Service: Strategic Plan 2016-2019 [PDF] (page 19)
- Scottish Ambulance Service: Towards 2020: Taking Care to the Patient [PDF]
Responding
- Emerge research: First “First Responder” Study
- Scottish Government (2016): Exploring the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour of the general public to responding to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
- Journal of the American Heart Association: Lay Bystanders’ Perspectives on What Facilitates Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Use of Automated External Defibrillators in Real Cardiac Arrests
- BMJ – Reactions and coping strategies in lay rescuers who have provided CPR to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims: a qualitative study [PDF]
- Resuscitation Research Group: 3RU – Resuscitation Rapid Response Unit
AEDs
Cardiac Rehabilitation
General
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: Programme finder Scotland [PDF]
- British Heart Foundation: Cardiac rehabilitation
- British Heart Foundation: Cardiac rehabilitation: Your questions answered
- SIGN: SIGN 150: Cardiac rehabilitation
- The BMJ: Cardiac rehabilitation 2 audio files: ‘Cardiac Rehab’ and ‘What it’s like to receive cardiac rehabilitation’
- Standards and Core Components for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Rehabilitation 2023 (4th Edition) [PDF]
- Scottish Heart Failure Nurse Forum: Scoping of Cardiac Rehabilitation Services in Scotland 2015 [PDF]
Self Management
- NHS: The Self Care Toolkit: ….is for People who Live with Persistent Health Conditions
- NHS Lothian: The Heart Manual
Exercise
- East Cheshire NHS Trust: Cardiac rehabilitation exercise video – from the Cardiac Rehab Team (YouTube)
Sexual Activity
- Heart failure matters: Sex and Heart Failure
- British Heart Foundation Sex and Heart Disease
- Relationships Scotland: I’m Having Sex Problems
Diet
Practical
- Work:
- Driving:
- Insurance:
Mental Health & Wellbeing
- Moodjuice
- Living Life to the Full
- Breathing Space: Open up when you’re feeling down
- CHSS: Coping with depression and feeling down
- CHSS: Coping with stress and anxiety
- NHS: Mindfulness
- NHS Self-assessment: Depression
- Mind, the mental health charity: What is CBT? | Making Sense of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (YouTube)
- CHSS: Mental Wellbeing (PDF)
Support for Carers
- Mind for better mental health: How to cope as a carer
- Carers trust: Caring for someone with a mental health problem
Relaxation
- Healthy Place America’s Mental Health Channel: Relaxation Therapy for Anxiety Disorders (NB you need to scroll quite far down before reaching content on relaxation strategies.)
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health: Relaxation Techniques for Health
- Patient: Relaxation Exercises and Mindfulness
Spiritual Care
- NHS Education for Scotland: Spiritual Care Matters [PDF]
- NHS Education for Scotland/Snowden Research: Healthcare Chaplaincy – the Lothian Chaplaincy Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM)
- Community Chaplaincy Listening Scotland
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- NHS Lothian: Rivers Centre
- PTSD UK
- Mind: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- NHS Education for Scotland: Transforming Psychological Trauma: A Knowledge and Skills Framework for the Scottish Workforce [PDF]
- Police Federation of England and Wales 2009: Stress/Post Traumatic Stress Disorder/Trauma [PDF]
Peer Support
A number of regional cardiac peer support groups are available in Scotland. Information on these can be obtained from the Chest Heart & Stroke Advice Line Nurses:
- Freephone: 0808 801 0899
- Email: [email protected]
- Text: NURSE to 66777
Brain Injuries
- Edinburgh Headway
- Headway: Caring for someone with a brain injury
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT)
- Synapse: Reconnecting lives: Impact of brain injury on families & carers
Inherited Conditions
- Network for Inherited Cardiac Conditions Scotland (NICCS, formerly FANS)
- Cardiac Risk in the Young
- Arrhythmia Alliance
- Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors
- British Society for Genetic Medicine
- Legacy screening: The UK NSC recommendation on screening to prevent Sudden Cardiac Death in 12 to 39 year olds
- Guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death
- Executive summary of the HRS/EHRA/APHRS expert consensus statement on the diagnosis and management of patients with inherited primary arrhythmia syndromes
- British Heart Foundation: Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
Death & Dying
Planning Care
- Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief
- Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief – Making an Anticipatory Care Plan
- Scottish Government: Anticipatory Care Planning: Frequently Asked Questions
- Dying Matters: The resuscitation conversation
Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Scottish Government, 2016: Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Integrated Adult Policy
- Respect: Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care & Treatment
Practical Issues
- CRUSE Bereavement Care Scotland
- Scottish Government: What to do when some after a death in Scotland: practical advice at times of bereavement
- Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service Guide for bereaved family members
- Directory of all UK Funeral Directors & Undertakers
Bereavement
- NHS: Dealing with Grief and Loss
- NHS Inform: Bereavement self-help guide
- CRUSE Bereavement Care Scotland
- NHS Education for Scotland: Support Around Death Scotland
Other Resources
- CHSS: Services and Support
- CHSS: Health Information Resources
- Life After Cardiac Arrest
- CHSS: Out of hospital cardiac arrest a resource for responders
Page last reviewed: 24 Jul 2023
