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Your Guide to the Recovery Position

Your Guide to the Recovery Position

If someone is unconscious, but they're breathing normally call 999 and put them in the recovery position. Knowing how to put a casualty into the recovery position whilst someone else fetches help - could save their life. Click this link to find out how you can perfect...

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Your Guide to CPR & Rescue Breaths – Adults

Your Guide to CPR & Rescue Breaths – Adults

Most people wouldn’t hesitate to give rescue breaths to a family member but may not want to do so with a stranger. Each situation is different and since Covid 19, it is understandable that people feel more reluctant. If you are able to give rescue breaths, then...

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Your Guide to CPR

Your Guide to CPR

What is CPR? CPR is a lifesaving medical procedure which is given to someone who is in cardiac arrest. CPR stands for CardioPulmonary Pesuscitation. It is an emergency procedure than involves giving chest compressions to a person in cardiac arrest to keep them alive...

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Text 999

Text 999

What Happens When I Text 999? Whether you are a person who is Deaf, hard of hearing or non verbal; if it is unsafe or difficult to communicate verbally or you are in a location with a poor signal in the UK. Texting 999 can save a life. Register Your Device To use the...

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Heat Exhaustion & Heat Stroke

Heat Exhaustion & Heat Stroke

HEAT EXHAUSTION: dizziness & confusion, nausea, fainting, muscle cramps, headaches, heavy sweating, tiredness, temp +38C, severe thirst. What to do?Move them to a cool placeLie them down and raise their feet slightlyGet them to drink plenty of water (or...

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#Safety First

#Safety First

Return to the Workplace For businesses and public services, quickly getting to grips with Covid-19 safety guidelines and putting the right procedures in place have been essential to keeping themselves, their colleagues, customers and service users safe. An estimated...

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Return to the Workplace

Return to the Workplace

For businesses and public services, quickly getting to grips with Covid-19 safety guidelines and putting the right procedures in place have been essential to keeping themselves, their colleagues, customers and service users safe. An estimated 20 million individuals in...

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We joined the Mental Health Charter

We joined the Mental Health Charter

...and we’re proud to play our part in promoting mental health awareness, and show our commitment to improving mental well-being in the workplace. “The purpose is to provide a flexible and consistent framework to enable all businesses to access mental health support,...

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The Long Stretch?

The Long Stretch?

Phew, finally, it’s February! The New Year heralded a new set of lockdown restrictions and the Government asked us to stay at home … again. For many of us, our homes have become places of work and education. So whether you’re taking care of business from home; looking...

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