Top 5 burns in the home
Burns are caused when the body is exposed to more heat energy than it can absorb without damage. Skin and sometimes the underlying tissues may be damaged with possible fluid loss and the risk of...
View ArticlePOSITIONAL ASPHYXIA FIRST AID
POSITIONAL ASPHYXIA FIRST AID Positional Asphyxia (PA), also known as ‘Postural Asphyxia’, is a form of suffocation which occurs when someone’s position prevents them from breathing sufficiently. A...
View ArticleTV Advertising to Shock People into Learning First Aid
St John Ambulance’s hard-hitting new advert showing a father unable to save his unconscious son shocked viewers. But more shockingly 57% of parents admitted they too would have no idea what to do. Here...
View ArticleWhat is Anaphylaxis (Anaphylactic Shock) and how is it treated
Anaphylaxis is a hypersensitivity to a substance where the victim is exposed to a massive allergic reaction. This is a severe medical emergency. Children and adults with severe allergies can be at risk...
View ArticleWhat to do (and not to do) at the scene of snow sports accident
What should I do if I see a serious accident on the ski slopes? What are the “do’s” and the “don’ts”? If you are first on scene of an emergency, there is a lot that you can do whilst waiting for...
View ArticleWould you know what to do if someone collapsed in front of you
Up to 140,000 people a year die from a first aid emergency situation. However, they might have been saved if first aid had been available to them, says St John Ambulance in a powerful new campaign. But...
View ArticleYou can’t say the hemlich manoeuver
Three recent studies in the USA have found that when untrained bystanders perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation as part of CPR on people who are in cardiac arrest, it does not improve patient survival...
View ArticleCan you sew a penis back on?
How long can you wait before sewing a severed body part back on? Late Saturday night in Anchorage, Alaska, USA, a man’s girlfriend cut off his penis and flushed it down the toilet. A municipal worker...
View ArticleHow important is learning First Aid for those living in rural settings?
I recently covered a colleague’s clinic in a charming village on the Suffolk Norfolk border called Eye. The Health Centre was very impressive and run well as well as being spotlessly clean. The...
View ArticleHow girl who drowned herself in Paris became ‘most kissed face of all time’
Millions of people around the world are familiar with her perplexing smile and she has been kissed more times than anyone in it! This is the face behind the famous ‘First-Aid Dummy’, known as, ‘Resusci...
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