First Aid for Sports Coaches and Exercise Professionals We specialise in First Aid for Sport and Fitness. Unlike other providers we don’t simply do our normal course and add in a few sports incidents. We have courses specifically developed for sports coaches, fitness instructors teachers and club coaches. We can work with you if you…
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First Aid Courses for Scottish FA and Scottish Youth FA Coaches First Aid Courses for Scottish FA and Scottish Youth FA Coaches are planned for – Aberdeen, Inverness, Hamilton and Dundee. Contact us for a booking or more information. We can also come to your cub to run courses. These 16 hour first aid courses
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Medical Emergency in a Remote Environment – The Kelly McGarry story Following the good news story in last week’s blog, where a student of the First Aid Training Co-operative was able to use a defibrillator on a casualty successfully. This week, the sad news of professional mountain biker, Kelly McGarry ’s untimely death in New
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Co-op graduate uses defibrillator to save a life in Poolewe Co-op graduate uses defibrillator to save a life. First Aiders trained by First Aid Training Co-operative and Heartstart Aultbea, along with an off duty paramedic successfully resuscitated a casualty on the 13th of January 2016 at Poolewe Village Hall. The first aiders, all members of
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Electric Shock – do you know what to do? Electric shock A flow of electricity between two parts of the human body can cause a current to flow that can block the electrical signals between the brain and the muscles. This may have a number of effects including: Stopping the heart beating properly Preventing the
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2015 Resuscitation Council Guidelines Published The 2015 European Resuscitation Council (ERC) Guidelines were released yesterday, October 15th 2015.  In the first aid industry these are always long awaited as they directly influence our training and practice for resuscitation techniques. It’s a big day in the calendar for us every 5 years. Candidates are always worried
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Join the first aid training co-operative I was asked by Heather at MyFirstAidCourses.co.uk to write a blog post introducing ourselves and the First Aid Training Co-operative on their site, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to do that, and give regular readers an update on where we are at in the development of
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Proud to announce accreditation to run SYFA Sports First Aid courses First Aid Training Co-operative is proud to announce the renewal of its accreditation to run the prestigious Scottish Youth Football Association Sports First Aid courses. These courses have been run through our founder member Outdoor First Aid Limited previously. The SYFA Sports First Aid
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Organ Donor Registration It was National Transplant Week last week (7-13 September 2015) which is a fantastic way to promote the idea that saving lives isn’t something that you necessarily have to be alive yourself to do. The campaign has had two parts to it, one is to encourage people to sign up to being
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What is Secondary Drowning? Can you drown on dry land? Recently a man ‘drowned’ on dry land at the wheel of his car hours after capsizing while canoeing. Recently Alan Gough, 57, swallowed water when his canoe overturned but he swam back to shore without a problem. A few hours later he collapsed and after
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