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 | Dec 24, 2015 | Blog, First Aid advice, Training
Learn First Aid for your New Year’s Resolution Knowing the basics of First Aid can make a huge difference to someone’s survival. We know that CPR doubles the chances of survival and 80% of out of hospital cardiac arrests occur in the home, so it could be...
by Helen | Dec 17, 2015 | Blog, First Aid advice
First Aid for Christmas Last year I gave some general first aid tips for Christmas, which you can read here. This year I decided to write about getting help over the Christmas holiday. 999 receives lots of inappropriate phone calls every year, some of which...
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 | Oct 30, 2015 | Blog, First Aid advice, Guidelines and Standards
First Aid Advice for James Bond I was raised on a diet of James Bond so after seeing Spectre this week I thought I’d use this week’s blog to offer him some first aid advice! Be careful when landing feet first onto a hard surface Jumping from a height onto...
by Helen | Oct 23, 2015 | Blog, First Aid advice, Guidelines and Standards
How to put someone in the recovery position The recovery position is an easy way to be able to put someone on their side if you’re on your own. There are a few stages to it but it’s not difficult. This is the description from the Resuscitation Council...
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