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Whatever your background – teacher, PSA, Sessional worker or Forest School leader, everyone is bound by a professional duty of care to keep your participants safe and to be able to respond effectively in case of emergency. There are vast amounts of information on how to do this and many organisations will have a set
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Updated November, 2023. If you are planning on having fun on the slopes this winter ensure everyone stays safe by remembering these 10 things that will help to help prevent, or deal with any incidents. 1. Incident prevention – be prepared! 2. Incident prevention – don’t get carried away! Most skiing accidents happen when pistes are
First Aid for Skiers – 10 Essential Points to Remember Read More »
It’s Good Employers Week at the Equestrian Employers Association. But what’s that got to do with us at Medi-K? As equestrian specific First Aid trainers, we understand that employment security for many in the equestrian sector is a precarious balancing act; ensuring that you have a work/life balance is important.  But so is paying your
Celebrating our Equestrian First Aid Trainers – could this be you? Read More »
Updated October, 2023. In the video link below, we show you how to perform CPR and use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) on an adult casualty you suspect has suffered a cardiac arrest. If a casualty is unresponsive, AND is NOT breathing effectively, the statistical likelihood is that they have suffered a Cardiac Arrest, i.e.
How to Perform Adult CPR and Use a Defibrillator (AED) Read More »
Lyme Disease is a bacterial infection carried by ticks that is on the increase throughout the country. Awareness and prompt action are your best ways of protecting yourself from this potentially debilitating disease. Read more detail about Tick Removal and Understanding Lyme Disease in our blog here. FAQs: Why are there more ticks around now?
Top 10 things horse riders need to know about Lyme disease Read More »
Wilderness First Aid Training Rwanda In February 2024 Cory, Director of Outdoor First Aid (and a founder of First aid Training Co-operative), will be working in Rwanda running a series of Wilderness First Aid Training courses. He will be teaming up with Renson Muburu (co-trainer) and Steve Venton of Kingfisher Journeys to deliver courses for
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Wilderness First Aid Training Kenya For the past fifteen-year Cory Jones, Director at First aid Training Co-operative has been working in Kenya to deliver a range of inspirational first aid courses. Over the first decade he developed a reputation for excellence delivering wilderness and paediatric first aid courses for a wide variety of safari lodges,
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Updated September, 2023. When we run our first aid training courses we are often asked whether funding is available for defibrillators. On every first aid course run by the Co-operative, we cover doing ‘CPR’ for cardiac arrest and how to use an AED or defibrillator. The reason for this is the crucial part a defibrillator
Is funding available for defibrillators? Read More »
Last updated: August, 2023 Advice on Adder Bites In this blog, we’ll discuss bites from Adders – the UK’s only venomous snake, and something you may well see if out walking – if you are lucky! They usually like to bask in the sun on rocks, and will be more surprised to see you than
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Keeping yourself protected is the priority of any first aider. After assessing for danger, the first thing a first aider should do when approaching a casualty is to put on their impermeable or surgical gloves. This is because one of the key dangers to a first aider is bodily fluids. Blood, vomit, urine, and faeces
Using gloves in First Aid – what you should know Read More »