Have you developed an irritating dry cough? Do you feel generally run down? Or perhaps you feel like you may be starting a summer cold. It may be that the symptoms that you are experiencing are not in fact those of a cold, but asthma or hay fever or even both of these conditions combined. […]
Food allergies appear to be on the increase. A new study out this week stated that some 25,000 people are affected by a peanut allergy, with children aged between 5-9, the most likely to be affected and boys from wealthier backgrounds more likely to have it than girls. … Food Allergies on the increase?Read More »
Yesterday, 18 October 2010 new Guidelines for resuscitation were released by the UK Resuscitation council following a review of best practice.It is well recognised that initiating the Chain of Survival improves outcomes and leads to more people surviving cardiac arrest. Basic CPR is unlikely to restart a heart that has stopped beating, but it does
History Did you know that modern CPR as we know it has been around for 50 years and has changed a few times over that time period? Those who have attended first aid courses often seem to think that it changes every time that they learn it which is not entirely true. The guidelines change
It has been reported today in a variety of newspapers (including the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail) that mouth-to-mouth resuscitation may be a thing of the past. The Study The newspapers reported on a recent study undertaken by American researchers Dr Peter Nagele, of Washington University School of Medicine, and Drs Michael Hüpfl and Harald Selig, of
For a variety of reasons, having first aiders in the workplace is crucial. Not least because it’s a legal requirement to have minimum first aid provision in any workplace at all times. So unless your staff work 24/7/365 days of the year, you are likely to need at least 2 or 3 first aiders. So
