How to Treat a Significantly Bleeding Injury In this post, you’ll learn about CARE and how to bandage an injury that is bleeding significantly but does not have an impaled or embedded object in the wound. Transcription: Hi my name’s Tom from the First Aid Training Co-operative and in this video we’re going to show you how…
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How To Treat a Choking Adult How To Treat a Choking Adult This video from the First Aid Training Co-operative shows you how to treat a conscious adult who you suspect is fully choking and unable to breath or cough. Transcription: Hi I’m Tom from the First Aid Training Co-operative and in this video we’re
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Award in Understanding Internal Quality Assurance Level 4 Award in Understanding the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice – Qualification Number: 601/0127/1 The Award in Understanding Internal Quality Assurance is a 1 day course designed for those who are running or looking to run in-house Internal Quality Assurance programmes with their trainers and
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Top five injuries in Shinty What are the top five injuries in Shinty Cuts and Lacerations Sprains and bruising Fractures Dental issues Concussion Shinty is a fast moving and skillful sport, most injuries happen in the tackle. Main areas affected are as you expect are head and face, fingers and hands and knees. Many of
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Advice for first-aiders responding to harness suspension incidents. In 2008 the Health and Safety Executive produced an evidence based review of published medical literature, which clarified guidance on the first aid management of a person falling into suspension in a harness who may develop ‘suspension trauma’. The key recommendations are: No change should be made
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You may or may not be aware that the HSE have introduced some changes to the syllabus for workplace first aid courses, (Emergency First Aid at Work & First Aid at Work). These are in response to the European Resuscitation Council’s (ERC) guidelines on CPR in October last year. In the main these changes are
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Should I give an Aspirin to a suspected Stroke casualty? The First Aid Training Co-operative asks the question. Some of you may have heard or read recent advice that we should give aspirin for stokes casualties. New research states that “Casualties who take aspirin during a minor stroke can reduce the chances of a recurrence
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Wilderness First Aid training Kenya 2016 Cory Jones Director of Outdoor First Aid Limited and First Aid Training Co-operative has recently returned from three weeks training in Kenya. Over 100 candidates took part in courses across Kenya. Course feedback has been positive. Many of the candidates on courses said that the training was useful for
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As mentioned in my last blog post about our AGM 2016, we have formed the beginning of a partnership with Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA). We figured that one or more of the 1350 students we’ll have trained by the end of our first year, are quite likely to make the emergency call that calls the SCAA out.
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