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...
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...
by Helen | Oct 16, 2015 | Blog, Defibrillators, Guidelines and Standards
New Resuscitation Guidelines 2015 The new Resuscitation Guidelines were released on the 15th October 2015. As I suspected the basics haven’t changed but there has been some further fine tuning and slight changes in terminology. AED added to Basic Life...
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