It is super important that first aiders get the opportunity to refresh their skills and take on board any recent updates from the statutory and regulatory bodies that govern the first aid industry....
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First Aid Articles
Confidence and First Aid
Why first aid is so important. What if? What could I do? How would I cope? These are the questions that only a First Aid Course can give you the answers to. By attending a first aid course for as...
What is ageism?
Ageism is stereotyping and/or discrimination against individuals or groups on the basis of their age which may be casual or systemic. The term was coined in 1969 by Robert Neil Butler to describe...
Understanding the Strands of Inequality in First Aid
You would think that as humans we would have a basis of empathy and understanding when it comes to our support of other humans in need and in the majority of cases, this is indeed true. However, our...
Choking
Choking is the most common module I get asked about in regard to paediatric first aid training. Most parents ask about it because they feel that is the one thing, they are most likely to come up...
Trapped
People have their things, don’t they? Some people don’t like vomit, it makes them feel sick. Some people don’t like poo and gag whenever they have to change a bottom, for some its blood, makes them...
Crash, bang, ouch!
Grazed knees and palms come hand in hand with park-time. If the wound is minor and there is clearly no foreign body embedded in the skin, then simply clean with water (use soap too if you are...
Burns advice
500 children under 5 are taken to hospital with burns and scalds each week here in the UK*. This is a statistic of which I and many other people I know belong to. It’s so easily done; the coffee on...
The sun has got his hat on!
Sun safety is a hot subject and I remind parents that all under 4’s is unable to regulate their own heat, which means that it is your responsibility to ensure they are protected. This includes...