Paediatric

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...

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...

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...

Choking is the most common module I get asked about in regard to paediatric first aid training. Most parents ask about it because they feel that is the one thing, they are most likely to come up...

People have their things, don’t they? Some people don’t like vomit, it makes them feel sick. Some people don’t like poo and gag whenever they have to change a bottom, for some its blood, makes them...

Grazed knees and palms come hand in hand with park-time. If the wound is minor and there is clearly no foreign body embedded in the skin, then simply clean with water (use soap too if you are...

500 children under 5 are taken to hospital with burns and scalds each week here in the UK*. This is a statistic of which I and many other people I know belong to. It’s so easily done; the coffee on...

Sun safety is a hot subject and I remind parents that all under 4’s is unable to regulate their own heat, which means that it is your responsibility to ensure they are protected.  This includes...