by admin | Nov 25, 2011 | News, research
You can’t smell while you’re asleep And that should have you running to buy a smoke detector if you don’t already have one! I was listening to the Brainscience Podcast this morning; The ‘smell’ episode. This is something I found out which is worth repeating here...
by admin | Jun 8, 2011 | CCEFA, CPR, News, WEFA
No. Oh, sorry – you wanted a longer post? Here goes…. I was recently asked ‘can you eMail 911’? My first reaction was to explain that the 911 call system is for emergencies like, for example, doing CPR on a child. Perhaps stopping to compose an eMail wasn’t...
by admin | Jun 3, 2011 | CCEFA, CPR, Uncategorized, WEFA
This post picks up on a theme we mentioned earlier – the 3 ‘P’s which can be used to guide first aid treatments and priorities. They’re often mentioned in the Child Care course, but not always emphasised on other courses because of teaching...
by admin | Apr 28, 2011 | AED, CPR, News, research
The Chain of Survival is a way of helping First Aiders (that’s you, once you’ve taken your first aid training course) remember what to do and what needs to happen, in the correct order. In this chain, the more links you have in place, the better the...
by admin | Apr 21, 2011 | CCEFA, CPR
Following on from our last post in which we said ‘anyone can do it’ comes an interesting report about a 9-year-old saving his 2-year-old sister by doing CPR. – he said “I just went running outside and I did CPR on her. I knew what I was doing.” And...
by admin | Apr 18, 2011 | CPR, News
As instructors we always say that anyone can learn CPR and that everyone should. We’ve taught people of all ages and abilities, young and old, able bodied and in wheelchairs, folks with learning difficulties, those who struggled to reach the floor and plenty of...
