Denmark setting the bar for CPR! | CPR Professionals Blog
See on Scoop.it - First Aid Training People who suffer a cardiac arrest in Denmark today are three times more likely to survive than a decade ago, thanks largely to a national effort to teach people CPR, a new study says. Denmark launched a national effort in 2005 to...
Hero son saves mum from choking on pea with first aid he learnt at summer camp days earlier
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 the day...
Heathrow is the safest place in London to have a cardiac arrest
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 line...
Experience: I saved a man’s life while singing Stayin’ Alive
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 noticed a man get...
iPhone device detects heart rhythm problem that can cause stroke
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 conference...
‘OK Glass, Save A Life.’ The Application Of Google Glass In Sudden Cardiac Death
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...
First Aid Training Confidence
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 median...
“First Aid Training Works”
"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 was not well....
FPOS Course
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...