by Abacus Training | 24 Jul, 2015 | CPR/Defibrillation, News
New research presented at this year’s Euroanaesthesia shows that use of public access defibrillation on people suffering cardiac arrest is associated with a large increase in chances of survival. However, despite the great potential, publicly accessible...
by Abacus Training | 20 Jul, 2015 | First Aid Training, News
First Person on Scene – Review and Revision As a result of the notification of the withdrawal of the Ambulance and Paramedic Practice suite, jointly awarded with AACE, there appears to be some confusion over the future of the First Person on Scene suite of...
by Abacus Training | 10 Jul, 2015 | CPR/Defibrillation, First Aid Training, News
When taxi driver Dean Clarke picked up his last fare on Saturday night, he never imagined by the time the journey ended he would have saved a life. But when a 76-year-old passenger collapsed and began having a heart attack, his instincts kicked in along with...
by Abacus Training | 6 Jul, 2015 | Choking, CPR/Defibrillation, First Aid Training, News
A mother-of-three is urging people to have first aid training, after a “guardian angel” neighbour helped save the life of her four-week old baby when he stopped breathing. Tina Westlake, 34, said her son Kane, now eight weeks old, “wouldn’t be here” were it not for...
by Abacus Training | 26 Jun, 2015 | Choking, First Aid Training, News
It started off like any other normal after-school afternoon. Skylar Mills and Katelyn Palmer were playing outside in their Goose Creek neighborhood. It was mid-May, just weeks away from the academic year’s end at Westview Elementary. The girls were sharing...
by Abacus Training | 18 Jun, 2015 | CPR/Defibrillation, First Aid Training, News
Abacus Training recently delivered a CPR and defibrillator session for Rugby Dog Training Club. The Dog Training Club have had a defibrillator available to them for quite some time, as they recognised the need for early CPR and defibrillation several years ago. A very...
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