How to Treat a Burn
Accidents can happen at any time and quite often the longer term consequences of an accident are entirely dependent on the initial action taken to treat any wounds or injury. In this blog we will…
Basic Life Support
What is Basic Life Support? We rarely think about medical emergencies until we suddenly face one. Would you know how to act if you found someone who had collapsed or was in clear medical distress?…
How to spot the signs of dehydration and fix it
Dehydration occurs when you use or lose more fluid than you take in, and your body doesn’t have enough water and other fluids to carry out its normal functions. Or to put it another way,…
CPR during the covid pandemic
CPR during the covid pandemic As you can imagine, for those providing CPR during the covid pandemic, this brings with it additional risks. During CPR, there is always the potential for rescuers to be exposed…
Which First Aid Kit Do I Need?
We’re always being asked about first aid kits & what people should have in them. Whether it’s for personal use, for vehicle or motorcycle use, shop floor, school or outdoor use, the possibilities of what…
The First Aid Needs Assessment
Undertaking a first aid “needs assessment” is a critical part of everyone’s first aid preparation, from the young family to the multi-national business and everywhere in between. In this blog I’m going to introduce you…
Responder courses – FREC, FPOS or Something else?
Responder courses – FREC, FPOS or Something Else? Responder courses: If you “do” first aid, whether as a volunteer first responder or an event medic, then these are terms that you’ve probably heard of before….
The Health & Safety Executive First Aid Bulletin
The Health & Safety Executive First Aid Bulletin Today (26th July 2019) the Health & Safety executive (HSE) issued their First Aid bulletin, in which they made some points expressly clear. Because these are publicly…
Anaphylaxis – Potential defect in Emerade Auto-Injectors
Anaphylaxis – Announcement of a potential defect in Emerade 150, 300 & 500 microgram solution auto-injectors: We’ve just received notification (11th July 2019) that there is a potential problem with EMERADE 150, 300 & 500…
Women are less likely to survive a cardiac arrest
Research published 22 May 2019 in the European Heart Journal reveals that women suffering a cardiac arrest are less likely to be resuscitated by bystanders, leading to decreased survival rates. Tragically, this mirrors the results…
Vehicle first aid kits: Which one should you get?
After some friends of mine had a head-on car crash, I was asked which first aid kit do I need to get? This got me thinking as there was bound to be some guidance or…