Training

  CPR is a skill that anyone can learn. As we have seen on the news recently, a cardiac event or an accident where someone stops breathing, can happen to anyone, any time and anywhere. Which begs the question, have you had CPR training or a first aid refresher course?  One of the most common […]

First Aid In Schools Schools need to make sure that there is a sufficient number of staff trained in first aid, as the volume of students in one venue can sometimes pose many safety hazards and accidents happen.   Schools should have a first aid policy which their school nurse would adhere to. They should

DRSABCD Action Plan In a dire emergency, it is always best to have a plan or a protocol. This helps rid the situation of confusion and everyone knows what it is that they are supposed to be doing.   Well first aid situations are no different and this is where DRSABCD was born.   First

  In our first aid training, we cover all of the most common scenarios both in work and out. Although a tick bite or a bee sting can be excruciatingly painful, most often they don’t cause any severe problems. You can have anaphylaxis to bites and stings, but they are quite rare. It can cause

A first aid class has a lot of content condensed into just a few hours, but we need to remember that this is ‘FIRST’ aid, so we concentrate on how to deliver immediate help and support in a life threatening situation and how to sustain a casualty until help arrives.   Our job as a