by admin | Jun 8, 2012 | AED, CPR, News, research
When your elderly neighbour collapses and has a cardiac arrest, you (should) know the drill: call EMS, start CPR & get an AED… faster is better. So does keeping an AED at home help? Read on….. “Should I have an AED at home?” It’s a...
by admin | Jun 1, 2012 | Burns, News
Batteries of all sorts can commonly cause injury, but there’s an increasing issue with button batteries causing injury. How big is the problem? One child visits ER every 3 hours, according to a recent study (across North America). Injury? Accident? What’s...
by admin | May 28, 2012 | basics, News
OR “sit down with snacks & drinks” If you have toddlers, learning to walk & run, you’ve probably used that same phrase. Unfortunately well over 2,000 parents each year get to see what happens when you forget. Want to keep your kids safe? Read...
by admin | May 24, 2012 | News, Unconsciousness
You’ve seen it in movies (and hopefully not in real life) – the hero is pulled from the flaming wreck/burning house/water and valiant rescuers battle to “keep him with us” or “keep them awake”- but why exactly do people think...
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 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...
