February is National Heart Month! To mark National Heart Month we wanted to share our expertise on heart health. Including first aid for heart attacks, heart conditions, and how to keep your heart healthy! Fun Facts! Your heart will beat about 100,000 times each day. Your heart is the strongest Read more…
Emergencies happen. On ordinary days, for ordinary people, life can change in a heartbeat. In a heartbeat, it’s 7.15 am. You are just back from the night shift and your neighbour is frantically knocking on your door because their toddler has stopped breathing and is turning blue. In a heartbeat, Read more…
World Heart Day is celebrated each year on the 29th of September. With this in mind, we look at our top 10 healthy heart tips. The heart is part of your body’s circulatory system. It’s made up of the atria, ventricles, valves, various arteries and veins. The main function Read more…
Every year in the UK 30,000 people experience a cardiac arrest with 80% of those experiencing a cardiac arrest in the home. This means it could be family members or friends, and if we don’t act quickly enough, they could die within minutes. Many deaths could be prevented if first Read more…
First Aid Training in a safe and Covid-secure way We have been providing our first aid training courses under government guidelines and strict risk assessments. The HSE also states that first aid training remains essential, with our trainers and delegates able to train face-to-face for work purposes. First Aid training Read more…
With the new coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak spreading speedily across the world, advice on how to stay safe is inevitably being requested. Like us, you’ve probably seen the widespread panic across the news and thought, ‘should I learn more?’ A quick Google search will give you thousands of pages of information, Read more…
It’s a common one. You need First Aid Training, but how long is this going to take you? How many days of annual leave will you need (or days out of the office) for you to get up to speed? Let’s break this down… Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Like Read more…
Want to know some quick tips on how to assist with fainting? The Science Part When a casualty faints it is caused by a reduction in oxygenated blood to the brain. This is caused by the blood vessels in the lower part of the body dilating, and the blood rushing Read more…
It’s important to remember that accidents can happen at any time… First aid provisions need to be available at all times including weekends, holidays, sickness and shift cover. So, how are we meant to know how many first aiders our workplace needs? Estimated reading time 6 minutes With things like Read more…
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