Meanwhile, there is nothingto prevent cardiac services, Managed Clinical Networks or other organisations fromconsidering the merits of deploying defibrillators in public places in their localarea.Given the evidence that survivalrates depend on the chain of response to an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, it isworth noting the high level of participation by schools in Scotland in theBritish Heart Foundation’s “Heartstart” programme, which teaches emergency lifesupport skills, including cardiopulmonary rehabilitation techniques.