by main | Apr 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by main | Mar 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by main | Feb 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by main | Jan 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by main | Nov 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
Well, there’s never a dull moment on my first aid courses but I must confess I hadn’t expected someone to faint! Fortunately I’m trained in what to do so if you carry on reading I’ll tell you how to treat a casualty who has fainted, what care...
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