by Helen | Dec 3, 2015 | Assessing a sick patient, Blog, Defibrillators, Emergency equipment, Events, Guidelines and Standards
My highlights from the Scientific Symposium 2015 On the 26th November I attended the Resuscitation Council’s Scientific Symposium where the new guidelines were discussed. There are no new numbers to remember but there has been some clarification and terminology...
by Helen | Dec 2, 2015 | Blog, CPR training in schools, Defibrillators, Events
Sam Mangoro speaks at the Resuscitation Council Symposium Sam is a 17 year old who survived his cardiac arrest at school because his school had an AED and his teachers knew how to do CPR. Regular readers of my blog will know that I support the teaching of CPR in...
by Helen | Nov 21, 2015 | Blog, Defibrillators, Emergency equipment, Guidelines and Standards
Emergency equipment needed in a Dental or Medical Practice In November 2013 the Resuscitation Council (UK) developed new Quality Standards for emergency equipment needed in a Dental and Medical Practices. Since then I have seen several debates around what equipment...
by Helen | Nov 13, 2015 | Blog, First Aid advice
Signs and Symptoms of Shock When I’m teaching I always talk about using the ABCDE approach. The aim of this technique is to identify someone who is unwell and needs emergency assistance. What we are looking for is to identify the signs and symptoms of shock...
by Helen | Nov 6, 2015 | Blog, CPR training in schools, Events, Uncategorised
Children should learn how to do CPR The Resuscitation Council recommended in the guidelines published in October 2015 that all school children should learn how to do CPR. This is no longer an aspiration, there is clear evidence that in countries where children are...
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