These posts are exactly what they say – General First Aid Posts that may or may not belong to a more specific category or interest list.
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In this post we’re going to look in more depth at Managing Catastrophic Bleeding, how it differs from ‘Significant’ bleeding, and what should be done to manage it. Catastrophic bleeding is becoming more a part of the public consciousness thanks to increasing numbers of terrorism incidents and incidents involving mass casualties such as natural disasters
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Updated April 22nd 2024 First Aid Training Co-operative was founded on values that place our responsibility towards both people and planet at the top of our agenda. We are a co-operative business for good reason that is explored elsewhere on our site and we’ve always sought to reduce our environmental impact wherever possible. Recently however,
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Updated March, 2024. Your friend has taken a tumble and banged their head. Is it serious or not? How do you know? The simple answer is it is difficult to diagnose a serious head injury. In the outdoors a fall from a mountain bike, a crag, on the snow or from a horse can all
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Updated: February 2024 The HSE has recently updated its L74 First Aid at Work Document, part of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981, for 2024. This document includes advice on assessing the requirement for first aid training and equipment provision at your workplace, and then implementing those findings. How do I assess the
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We have produced a specific Incident Report Book for equestrian settings. The Incident Report Book includes Riding Establishment Health and Safety Guidance Notes and is the UK’s only riding establishment specific Incident Report book. Get confident – get trained! The best way to feel confident about dealing with first aid incidents is to take a specialist
Top 10 things horse riders need to know about accident reporting Read More »
First Aid Training in East Africa 2024 In January and February 2024, our Director Cory Jones was working with adventure guides in East Africa training outdoor & wilderness first aid courses. Many of these guides have Paddle UK & Mountain Training (MT) qualifications so this training is important to ratify their UK qualifications. He has
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Most first aid certificates last for 3 years, some for just one year. In between, your knowledge and possible ability to respond, naturally fades. If we deal with very few incidents in the workplace, this lack of practice in skills is compounded and can lead to a poor response to an incident. There is no
7 top tips for retaining your First Aid knowledge Read More »
Burns are a common minor injury in all walks of life, and unfortunately occasionally are very serious. Major burns can indeed be life threatening. Heat is the main cause of a burn injury, although burns can also be caused by the cold in the case of frostbite, and also by chemicals in the case of
How to Treat Burns Read More »
Updated January, 2024 When working with horses everyone understands there is a certain risk involved, but few of us ever think about the risk associated with the lifestyle we all know and love. As equestrians we expose ourselves to the elements day in and day out, blistering heat in the summer and freezing temperatures in
Top 9 things horse riders need to know about first aid for hypothermia Read More »
In Europe and North America combined, there are approximately 150 deaths per year caused by snow avalanches, with approximately 130 of these occurring in Europe. In the UK there are over 150 reported avalanches annually but luckily very few deaths. The majority of avalanche deaths involve winter sports participants, and most avalanches are triggered by
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