Food Allergy Increase & sad deaths

Are food allergies really increasing over time? Is this true everywhere? And what are the problems it causes? Read on….. A recent news story told of the sad death of a 13-year-old girl from peanut allergy. We’ve written before about what anaphylaxis is and...

For Older Adults, Fire Safety Is Paramount

For decades, fire safety and fire prevention education has been geared towards kids. It makes sense: by having fire safety messages reach children while they’re in their formative years, educators can help establish proper safety mindsets early that stick with...

TV related injuries – TV is (still) bad for kids

TV related injuries? Yes, we’ve long known that watching too much TV isn’t great for our kids, but it turns out that TVs are much more dangerous than that. About 17,300 kids a year are physically injured by Televisions! That’s close to 50 every day....

Can a first aider leave someone to die?

We recently got some fan mail (yes, people do love us) that I think is worth discussing here in more detail. It seems to me that the person had read our ‘4 Bs’ article. Cutting right to the chase, the core question is “Can a first aider leave someone...