This March we make it our mission to celebrate the influence of mothers in our society and the unconditional love and affection they offer us every day, and to remember the mums that even if are no longer with us, continue to live in our memory and into our hearts. There are no words to…
First Aid Advice
In addition to the courses we offer, here you’ll find first aid advice and news from Safety First Aid Training to help you deal with a range of common accidents and conditions in everyday life, be that at work, home or play. However, in an emergency, always dial 999.
There are a few important aspects to take into account when there’s a virus outbreak such as the one happening at the moment with the coronavirus known as COVID19. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has the following guidelines to help you protect yourself: Covering your mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing with a medical…
One of the key elements of First Aid is infection control, you can achieve this by doing simple things such as washing your hands or covering your mouth if you have a cough or a cold. With the current coronavirus outbreak, it’s key to protect yourself and others from spreading viruses through breathing and direct…
Research commissioned by the British Red Cross found that only 5% of adults felt “knowledgeable, confident and willing to act” in in three first aid emergency scenarios – Heavy bleeding, unresponsive and breathing, and unresponsive and not breathing. Judging from this research, there…
Today is National Stress Awareness Day. Has work stressed you out this year? If it hasn’t, you’re in the minority. Two-thirds of employees have felt stressed or suffered anxiety as a result of work in the past 12 months, rising to 76% for under 35’s. 60% of employees surveyed by ACAS cited high workload as…
According to a recent poll, only 14% of employees feel comfortable with talking about their mental health concerns at work, indicating a need for a cultural change at many companies to become more open and supportive when it comes to our psychological wellbeing. Mental health is a significant problem in workplaces throughout the country. Government…
You may remember when a sound engineer, Simon Daniels, hit headlines for saving former football player and England manager Glenn Hoddle at the BT Sport studio in London. Daniels performed CPR and used a defibrillator on Hoddle before paramedics arrived. Without this quick intervention before the arrival of emergency services, Hoddle may not have survived….
You may have heard of mental health first aid already – it’s being introduced to more and more workplaces across the UK and has been written about in several high-profile publications. There are good reasons for this. Awareness of mental health problems has been growing in recent years, as has the scale of the challenges…
When out and about, we tend to take Britain’s nature for granted. Asides from those of us with allergies to wasp and bee stings, we view the countryside as a safe place. However, there is a dangerous species of plant which grows in many places, including along urban waterways and footpaths and in parks and…
Many people will be familiar with the UK’s leading causes of death: Alzheimer’s, cancer, heart disease, stroke. But there is a distinct lack of awareness when it comes to sepsis; in fact 44% of people have never heard of it. Also known as septicaemia or blood poisoning, this devastating illness affects 150,000 and kills 44,000…