by Abacus Training | 9 Sep, 2013 | Choking, First Aid Training, News
See on Scoop.it – First Aid Training Mum Cherie was having dinner with her nine-year-old son Kayne when a pea blocked her airway 9 year old Kayne Holden with mum Cherie Briggs at their home in Bingley West Yorkshire. A choking mum was saved by her son of nine...
by Abacus Training | 31 Aug, 2013 | CPR/Defibrillation, News
See on Scoop.it – First Aid Training The London Ambulance Service has declared Heathrow Airport as having the highest cardiac arrest survival rate in London, outside of hospital. The airport has 180 heart-starting defibrillators, over 100 first aid-trained front...
by Abacus Training | 22 Aug, 2013 | CPR/Defibrillation, First Aid Training, News
See on Scoop.it – First Aid Training Sharon Thorneywork: ‘It was only when I arrived at work that it hit me. I started to cry, overwhelmed at what had just happened’ My thoughts were elsewhere that morning. I was running late for work, so although I...
by Abacus Training | 15 Aug, 2013 | News
See on Scoop.it – First Aid Training A special iPhone case and app can be used to quickly and cheaply detect heart rhythm problems and prevent strokes, according to University of Sydney research presented at the Australia and New Zealand Cardiac Society...
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...
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...
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