by admin | Oct 23, 2012 | News
It will soon be Hallowe’en! And on that night between 3pm and midnight, there will be an average of 400 vehicle crashes and at least 120 injured people and that’s just in B.C. That’s one injury every five minutes, for 9 hours. Ouch. None of us want...
by admin | Sep 18, 2012 | safety
or at least, improve them a lot and reduce the number of broken bones! I was recently, rudely reminded of this fact when I had cause to need mine… and then by another chance event which helped to remind me that ‘helmets save lives’ and ‘it...
by admin | Sep 11, 2012 | basics, Wound care
Recently James, our 5 year old, had a small splinter of wood embedded firmly in the sole of his foot. He said it had been bothering him all day at school. Unfortunately for him, judging by the inflammation around the splinter, it had been bothering him for longer than...
by admin | Aug 20, 2012 | CPR, News, research
If you watch much television, or have seen a few films, you’ll know that CPR on TV is pretty successful, right? Which sometimes makes students ask us in class why our teaching doesn’t match the CPR on TV, well read on….. After all, CPR survival rates...
by admin | Aug 17, 2012 | AED, CPR, research
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates Instead of a long blog post today, we drew you a picture. Print it out and stick it on your fridge if you like! There are lots of things you can see in our sudden cardiac arrest survival rates graphic, but here are a couple worth...
