by Abacus Training | 13 Mar, 2015 | Choking, CPR/Defibrillation, First Aid Training, Legislation, News
The plans are in response to a campaign by Joanne and Dan Thompson, whose daughter Millie died after choking at a nursery in 2012. More than 100,000 people signed the couple’s online petition calling for compulsory first aid training. All Level 2 and Level 3...
by Abacus Training | 27 Feb, 2015 | CPR/Defibrillation, News
EVERY high school in the Capital will be equipped with a life-saving defibrillator to ensure that thousands of teenagers never suffer the terrible fate of teenage footballer Jamie Skinner. City chiefs have teamed up with the Scottish Ambulance Service to spend...
by Abacus Training | 11 Feb, 2015 | CPR/Defibrillation, News
Up to a quarter of defibrillators installed in public places don’t work, according to the agency in charge of registering the equipment. The Automated External Defibrillator Deployment Agency has launched a new set of guidelines in an effort to stop flat...
by Abacus Training | 30 Jan, 2015 | CPR/Defibrillation, News
(HealthDay News) — In out-of-hospital (OOH) cardiac arrest, public access defibrillation (PAD) prior to ambulance arrival may be only rarely used, according to a study published online February 19 in Heart. Charles D. Deakin, MD, from South Central Ambulance...
by Abacus Training | 29 Jan, 2015 | First Aid Training, News
If you have ever seen a marathon or watched one on TV you may have wondered why, when the runners have all finished the race, they get given those thin foil-like blankets. The blankets they are given help the athlete to regulate their body temperature, after a race a...
by Abacus Training | 13 Jan, 2015 | CPR/Defibrillation, First Aid Training, News
Schools Minister David Laws backs Mail on Sunday campaign to introduce vital CPR lessons in schools Every child could leave school with essential lifesaving skills after Ministers backed campaign to add first aid to curriculum Mr Laws became the first high-profile...
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