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The Recovery Position
Putting someone in the recovery position ensures that their airway is clear and open. Additionally, it means that they will not choke on fluid or vomit in their mouth. If you are sure that they are unconscious/unresponsive and breathing, the only position to help them maintain…
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Halloween – Your Ultimate Guide to Staying Safe on the Scariest Night of the Year
Whether you love Halloween or loathe it, the occasion is growing in popularity. For many, Halloween is a spine-chilling spectacular and night of unlimited sweets. For others it is simply overwhelming and intimidating. Whether you favour the full-on horror-fest or will be locking…
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Electric shocks and how to help without putting yourself in danger
At work Electric shocks can be fatal. Each year there around 1000 accidents at work involving electric shock or burns are reported to the Health and Safety Executive. Furthermore, around 30 of these are fatal. The majority of these fatalities arise from contact with power…
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First Aid For Choking Adults, Children & Babies
A topic we always cover on our first aid courses is how to help someone of any age who is choking. It is one of the most common emergencies people witness – and one of the most time-critical. The problem isn’t simply that people don’t know what to do; many don’t realise how fast…
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Strokes happen at any age, how to spot them and how to react
New finger-prick test for stroke Ambulance crews in parts of the UK are now trialling a quick finger-prick blood test for stroke. The result takes around 10 minutes. It shows whether someone is likely to have a large vessel occlusion – a clot blocking one of the main arteries in…
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We did it! We broke the CPR World Record
In just one hour, 434 people completed a CPR relay and set a new world record. Over two days and one night, we trained more than 1,000 people in CPR as part of the Central London Alliance’s Saving Lives campaign. So the record attempt was not simply about numbers but about…
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Benedict’s Law – Findings and Implications for Schools and EYFS Providers
Five-year-old Benedict Blythe died on 1 December 2021 after an allergic reaction at his primary school in Stamford, Lincolnshire. Almost five years later, the changes his family campaigned for are law.From September 2026, every local-authority-maintained school, academy and…
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Asthma Attacks – Top 7 tips to Swerve the September Surge
When pupils return to school in September there is a steep rise in children hospitalised with asthma attacks. In the UK a child is admitted to hospital every 20 minutes because of an asthma attack. However, the number of children needing emergency treatment doubles in September…
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The Heart of the Matter – All About Heart Health
Heart attacks and cardiac arrests and how to survive them In the UK there are over 100,000 admissions to hospital each year due to heart attacks. However, the outlook for surviving heart attacks and recovery is improving. In the 1960’s more than 7 out of 10 heart attacks in the…
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Cardiac Arrests – How to perform CPR and use an AED
In a recent survey from the British Heart Foundation, they found that 1 in 3 adults would not know how to help someone if they were unconscious and not breathing normally. 96% of them would call an ambulance, but the vast majority would not have a clue how to help whilst waiting…