It’s Sting Season Again According to Teachers on a Paediatric First Aid Course in Milton Keynes
… So here’s the first aid for stings and other things to look out for Yes, it’s getting to that time of year: blossom has started to fall from trees leaving them in full leaf, lambs are bleating in the fields, my mower has packed in – again,...
Notes from a first aid course in Milton Keynes: Heart Attacks and when you’re having one!
One thing that crops up in my first aid courses on a regular basis is heart attacks. According to the British Heart Foundation (website here) around 100,000 of us in Britain are admitted to hospital every year with symptoms of a heart attack. This equates to 280...
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: notes from a paediatric first aid course in Milton Keynes
I was given the idea for this post just yesterday at a 12-hour paediatric first aid course for teachers in Milton Keynes. I was recounting some of the first aid I’ve done on myself and others and it caused a bit of laughter, especially from one lady who I believe was...
Good and bad body evolution in first aid courses
It might sound strange that I’m spending New Year’s Day 2025 writing a 2000 word blog post but one look out the window tells me I’m not going anywhere today – the weather is awful! So I’m staying in the warm and reflecting on a couple of points that came up during an...
What does the What3Words app have to do with First Aid?
An incredible discovery at a first aid course in Milton Keynes I first heard about the What3Words app about 5-6 years ago from a software engineer in Milton Keynes where I taught first aid. I can’t give the name of the company away because of a glaring error...
