Ayrshire College Foundation Newsletter Issue 4 | Page 7

Health and Social Care
Enhanced CPR and First Aid
training equipment
The Health and Social Care department have been
using new QCPR mannequins to teach CPR skills.
Feedback from the students has been very positive as
the new equipment gives immediate visual feedback
on the practical application of CPR skills. This has led
to a definite consistent and continued improvement
in the specific CPR quality metrics of chest
compression depth, compression rate, adequate
chest recoil, correct hand positioning and quality of
rescue breaths.
Scottish Fire and Rescue have also utilised the
new mannequins for CPR revision training. As it is
proposed that SFAR in the near future will be called
out to deal with out of hospital cardiac arrests
(OHCA), the visual feedback offered by the new
equipment allows them to further develop high
quality CPR skills.
Creative
Sun Turtle Records
Sound Production students at Ayrshire College are
making big noises in the music industry by running
their own record label and PR company from the
College’s Ayr Campus.
The project has been, and continues to be, a big
success. Both Sun Turtle Records and High Tide PR are
integrated into the HNC curriculum providing a rich
educational experience for the students. The label has
signed a local indie pop band ‘Mannequin Mannequin’
who have already recorded, mixed and mastered their
double A-Side single: “Sunburn/Chiaroscuro” in the
College studio. This record was released digitally and
physically on the 19 May, supported by an exclusive
launch night event in Kilmarnock.
In addition to the curriculum integration, we asked the
students to apply for studio internship positions. The
successful students attended a number of production
masterclasses that provided them with the skills to
be credited as assistant recording engineers on the
A significant part of our funding application was to
official release. Marketing, events and web design
equip the studio with a range of analogue and digital
evening masterclasses have also taken place, providing
processing units. This equipment has been successfully the students with the specialist knowledge critical to
installed and commissioned and is responsible for the running the label.
clear and powerful sound heard on the recordings.
This new level of professionalism is validated by the
press and radio plays already received.