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Time to Retire from First Aid Training? – You’ve taught CPR more times than you can count. You’ve fielded last-minute bookings, handled certificate admin late at night, and kept your training gear in working order through years of use. Maybe you’ve built up a loyal client base and delivered courses in village halls, community centres,…
Updated March, 2025 What is SALTAPS? SALTAPS is an acronym that stands for See, Ask, Look, Touch, Active, Passive, Strength. It comes from the sporting context and is used to check if a player needs to be rested or removed from the field of play. Â If at any point during the procedure, the casualty indicates
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(Updated March 2025) When dealing with a casualty, always look for their phone. It may have medical information and emergency contacts on them. These can often be accessed without unlocking the phone. Here’s how to set it up on your own Andriod phone….. Setting Emergency Contacts on an Android phone: Making sure your emergency contacts
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An acronym is a word or name formed as an abbreviation, created from the initial letters of a phrase or a word. The first aid world uses many acronyms to help us remember different treatments. In this series we have explained the meanings of the most common first aid acronyms to help you avoid confusion! P.E.A.R.L. The first aid
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A chest injury is any form of physical injury to the chest including the ribs, heart and lungs. It can affect breathing, circulation and cause structural damage to the ribs, breastbone or internal organs. One of the best ways to identify a chest injury is by the mechanism of injury. Typically chest injuries are caused
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Last Updated: Feb, 2025 How to Identify a Suspected Stroke – Act ‘FAST’ The signs and symptoms of a stroke vary from person to person but usually come on suddenly. As different parts of your brain control different parts of your body, your symptoms will depend on the part of your brain affected and the extent
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How to Treat Life-Threatening Blood Loss In this article we will examine the use of Israeli / Emergency bandages, tourniquets and haemostatic /clotting bandages. Uncontrolled/uncontrollable bleeding is the most preventable cause of deaths on both the battlefield and the streets. Studies show up to 50% of combat fatalities and 39% of civilian trauma fatalities are
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Why Every Outdoor Practitioner Should Take a Mental Health Course As outdoor practitioners, we pride ourselves on safeguarding the physical health and well-being of the individuals we lead and support. Whether you’re guiding a mountain climb, facilitating team-building adventures or leading an expedition, ensuring safety is at the core of what you do. But how
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Who can administer an Epi-Pen? The law gives a very clear and simple answer to this question: ANYONE CAN. In 2012 the Medicines Act was broadened to state that any lay person can administer adrenalin for the purpose of saving a life. Before 2012 the law stated that the lay person had to have been
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Medical terms are often daunting but they’re also often used in first aid and in clinical settings. You may hear some of these when an ambulance crew arrive, at the doctors or from a casualty when they’re relating their own illness or condition. Sometimes they appear on casualty monitoring cards. Some medical terms have a