by admin | May 7, 2012 | basics, Environmental
Sunstroke is one way of baking your brain (or your kids brains) – there are others, but sunstroke tends to be the biggest risk as summer starts (it will do soon!). Baking your brains? Really? Sounds kinda dramatic…? Well, temperatures above 41 C start to...
by admin | Apr 25, 2012 | basics, Burns
“What are the top 5 Children’s Injuries, and quick treatments for them?” was one of the question posted on our Facebook wall recently. As we ask you what you want to know, it’s good to answer as well, so here are the top 5 children’s...
by admin | Apr 16, 2012 | basics, Burns
‘Sunscreen!’ and other tips to protect children from the sun, and a surprise way their sun-exposure is doubled! Imagine having two suns beating down on them…. you need to read how to avoid this. OK, yes we know. This may be optimistic depending on...
by admin | Mar 20, 2012 | AED, CPR, News
So you thought you were fit & healthy and that excused you from learning CPR? After all it’s just for kids (who choke on all kinds of stuff) and grannies, right? Well first of all, who do you think does the CPR on the child or the elder person? That’s you, that...
by admin | Mar 13, 2012 | basics
So just how do you call EMS (Emergency Medical Services) and what happens when you do? This is based partly on our classroom teaching (we cover this in every course) and on personal experience. Know the number to call How do you call EMS? The first requirement is to...
by admin | Mar 6, 2012 | basics, News
We all know as parents and carers that our kids can hurt or otherwise injure themselves easily. We know about kids head injuries and how they fall off ‘stuff’ and bang their heads; we know children choke on just about any object they can fit in their mouths (and some...
by admin | Mar 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
You might have allergies yourself, or have a child who does. If so, you might have a lot of questions about using an Epi-Pen that aren’t covered in the standard information leaflet: Will it hurt? Will it bleed? Does it take much force to use? Will it work like...
by admin | Feb 29, 2012 | News
Yup – it’s really free and if you’re lucky it could be for you! We’re having a giveaway for our Facebook fans. So if you’re reading this, you probably should be one of them. Go ahead and use the button on the right of the screen there, or...
by admin | Feb 25, 2012 | News, Wound care
No, I haven’t even got to today’s training session with the CrossFit gang yet (me training them, I should point out!) this is just early morning with my own children. First of all… Things in noses It’s been a ‘nose & mouth’...
by admin | Feb 21, 2012 | News
Much like our earlier post ‘Can you eMail 9-1-1?’ – but different! The short answer is “no, you can’t,” except…. well you might be able to; but if you can text 9-1-1 you won’t need my blog post to tell you about it...
