by Helen | Jul 4, 2016 | Blog, First Aid advice, Uncategorised
10th July – Don’t step on a Bee day The 10th July is ‘Don’t step on a Bee day’. There’s been a lot in the media recently about the fate of our bees and how much we need them for the pollination of our food. It’s obviously...
by Helen | Apr 1, 2016 | Blog
Cuts to Community nurses – Nurses to lose car allowances I don’t usually share political viewpoints to my blog but I thought it important to share this story today from the Nursing Times. The link to the original article can be found at the bottom of the...
by Helen | Mar 25, 2016 | Assessing a sick patient, Blog
The Importance of respiratory rate Why is respiratory rate so important? The importance of respiratory rate is that it has been shown to be an important marker of illness and predictor of cardiac arrest. A normal adult respiratory rate is 12-18/min. Ventilation is...
by Helen | Mar 17, 2016 | Assessing a sick patient, Blog, First Aid advice
The Importance of Feeling a Pulse All my courses include a discussion of the ABCDE approach to assessing an unwell person. A crucial part of this is measuring the Respiratory Rate and the Pulse. In this blog I’m going to talk in detail about the importance of...
by Helen | Feb 12, 2016 | Blog, Guidelines and Standards, Training
Combined ILS and PILS course for Sedationists The Standards for Sedation were updated in December 2015 and various aspects were clarified. One of these was around what Life support training the team require. In the FAQs point 16 details what level of life support...
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