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Resuscitation Council UK Training in mouth-to-mouth ventilation

by Abacus Training | 13 Aug, 2013 | CPR/Defibrillation, First Aid Training, Legislation

See on Scoop.it – First Aid Training Some instructors have decided not to teach mouth-to-mouth ventilation during resuscitation training. The current Resuscitation Council (UK) guidelines include mouth-to-mouth ventilation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation...

‘OK Glass, Save A Life.’ The Application Of Google Glass In Sudden Cardiac Death

by Abacus Training | 5 Aug, 2013 | CPR/Defibrillation, First Aid Training, News

See on Scoop.it – First Aid Training Google Glass has made its way into healthcare. Its use in the operating room and in medical education has been profiled here. Yet the magic of Glass will be found in the applications that can make this “technology” into...

HSE Workplace First Aid Training

by Abacus Training | 31 Jul, 2013 | First Aid Training, Legislation

Some of you may already be aware that the HSE legislation change has been pushed back to October 2013 from April 2013. There are also a few other things to be aware of in the current draft. Existing levels and numbers of first aiders are to stay the same in the...

First Aid Training Confidence

by Abacus Training | 31 Jul, 2013 | First Aid Training, News, Rescues

After delivering a recent course, we received the following email from one of the participants. “I wanted to tell you I had a chance to use my first aid skills on the way home last night as I saw a cyclist come off his bike and hit his head quite hard on the...

“First Aid Training Works”

by Abacus Training | 31 Jul, 2013 | CPR/Defibrillation, First Aid Training, News, Rescues

“First Aid Training Works” was a statement recently given to us by Chris who had just completed a 3 day First Aid at Work (FAW) course. He had left work for the day after just completing his 3 day FAW course when he was alerted by a lady that her husband...

FPOS Course

by Abacus Training | 24 May, 2013 | CPR/Defibrillation, First Aid Training, News

Why might you be interested in the FPOS course? A couple of weeks ago Abacus Training ran an FPOS course to give medical skills to people wanting to get in to the close protection/security sector. One of which was even international! The course was delivered by Duncan...