Rugby Dog Training Club
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...
Wearable vest defibrillator for heart patients is saving lives
Debra Chaffin, 59, was at risk for a sudden cardiac arrest, but fortunately she had the protection of a wearable defibrillator, a white undergarment that she credits with saving her life. Facts Eleven days after she was diagnosed with a weak heart, she was outfitted...
Thousands of cardiac arrest victims die needlessly
A new survey has found almost a fifth of Brits don't know what it is and 45 per cent are not confident enough to perform it Thousands of Brits are needlessly dying from cardiac arrests because too many people have no idea how to perform CPR, experts warn. A new...
First aid training will be compulsory for all nursery staff | Nursery World
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...
Every school in Edinburgh to get defibrillators
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...
Faulty heart defibrillators costing lives, monitoring agency warns
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 batteries and...
Public Access Defibrillation Underutilized in Cardiac Arrest
(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...
Why do Marathon Runners Wear Foil Blankets After the Finish Line?
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...
Minister backs campaign for vital CPR lessons in schools
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...