The Power of Listening
One of the main causes of a breakdown in communication is the lack of listening. People feel unsupported and unimportant when they feel that they are not being listened to and if asked, many people...
Loneliness Awareness Week
Loneliness Awareness Week is hosted by the Marmalade Trust and runs from 12th to 18th June 2023 Everyone can feel lonely at some point in their life. You can be surrounded by people and still feel...
Case Study: Chemical Burn
Hi, my name is Lauren and I’m the Manager at Dawn until Dusk (nursery and wrap around care) where I have worked for 6 years. I have been to two of the ABC Life Support first aid courses and have...
Child Safety Week
Child Safety Week is the brainchild of the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) and aims to raise the profile of child safety across the UK. We all have stories of near misses and accidents as our...
Helmet Removal in an Unconscious Casualty
Whenever a first aid course is delivered, the subject of motorcycle helmet removal comes up, specifically when discussing the need to move people who are unconscious. In first aid the threat to the...
Burns and Scalds
It is a terrible fact that burns happen every day. Whether this is adults or children, it can be scary if you don’t know how to react. Having a basic knowledge of first aid can prevent pain, panic,...
Mental Health Awareness – Anxiety
The theme for this year’s Mental Health Awareness is anxiety. This is one of the UK’s most diagnosed mental disorders with nearly eight million people experiencing levels of anxiety which would...
How to deal with choking
How to deal with choking is the most common question we get asked about on our Paediatric First Aid training courses. Whether it's weaning or a toddler eating a whole grape, this is a mine field for...
Mental Health and Mental Illness – the significant difference
At present, the mental health at work message has been more targeted to wellbeing and a maintenance of good mental health, which means that a lack of information or knowledge around mental illness...
Why is First Aid Important?
The total annual cost of home accident casualties who are treated for their injuries at hospital - around 2.7 million people each year - is estimated to be £45.63 billion (£45,630 million), based on...
The Protected Characteristics
Why every organisation needs to know about them In the world of employment tribunals, you often hear about the horror stories of an organisational case that have gone wrong only after the event has...
Update and Refreshers
It is super important that first aiders get the opportunity to refresh their skills and take on board any recent updates from the statutory and regulatory bodies that govern the first aid industry....