Leiths Newsletter Issue 20 - Magazine - Page 19
CLASSIFIED
ISSUE 19
MENTAL HEALTH
Awareness and Support Contacts
GP SERVICES
Your GP can refer you to a psychological therapy service
or a specialist mental health service for further advice or
treatment. Contact your local surgery.
SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION FOR
MENTAL HEALTH
The SAMH Information Service provides
information and support on mental health.
Telephone: 0344 800 0550
(9am-6pm, Monday to Friday - except Bank Holidays)
Email: info@samh.org.uk Website: www.samh.org.uk
MIND
The Mind Infoline gives information on types of
mental health issues, where to get help,
drug treatments, alternative therapies, and advocacy.
Infoline: 0300 1233393
(9am-6pm Monday to Friday or text 86463)
Email: info@mind.org.uk Website: www.mind.org.uk
MENTAL HEALTH ABERDEEN
MHA’s goal is to break the stigma around mental
health, empower individuals with guidance and
increase awareness. They provide assistance and
support to anyone who may require it.
Telephone: 01224 590510, or
Aberdeen Counselling and Information Services: 01224 573892
Email: acis.office@mhaberdeen.org.uk Website: www.mha.uk.net
Competition Corner...
Defibrillators
Competition!
WE HAVE RECENTLY
INSTALLED DEFIBRILLATORS
AT OUR HEAD OFFICE IN
COVE, ABERDEEN AND OUR
MARKON SITE IN
CUMBERNAULD.
To be in with a chance of winning £100.00, please tell us Q: As of June 2023, how many EV vehicles were
there in Britain?How tall was the spaghetti struc
Entrants should send their answer, including name, place of work and contact
details to Caroline Anderson (canderson@leiths-group.co.uk) by Friday,
19th January 2024.
The winner will be randomly picked from all correct entries and announced by
Friday, 26th January and featured in the next edition of Leiths News.
• Defibrillators can be used (if available) when someone goes into cardiac arrest.
• A heart attack is when the supply of blood to a part of the heart stops, causing a
part of the heart muscle to die.
• A cardiac arrest is when the heart, as a result of an electrical failure, stops beating
completely.
• For cardiac arrest, the only intervention which can restore a normal heartbeat is
an electrical counter shock or defibrillation.
• A person should receive such treatment within a matter of minutes to increase
the patient’s outcome. Every minute without CPR and defibrillation reduces
a victim’s survival rate by 7 to 10%. If a defibrillator is used within 3-5 minutes
of cardiac arrest, survival rates jump from 6% to 74%.
Good Luck!
Competition Winner - Issue 18
Thanks to everyone who entered the last Leiths News Competition in
issue 18 (Spring/Summer 2023).
The competition gave employees an opportunity to win £100.00 by
answering the following question:
You can download the CrowdSav app to any mobile phone, this app shows
the location of public registered defibrillators available close to your current
location, handy for when you are out and about as its
surprising how many are available.
Q: How tall was the spaghetti structure which won
Meldrum Academy the ‘Leaning Tower of Pasta’
event?
A: 960mm
The QR code on the left takes you to
a short video on “How to Use
a Defibrillator”.
We had 33 correct entries which were entered into our draw and the
winner was Angela Walker from Roger Bullivant.
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