5 Reasons You Should Take a First Aid Course

Posted on 5 December 2022

A first aid course teaches you how to provide medical assistance in an emergency situation. It is a valuable skill to have in the workplace as it can help you save lives. Here are five reasons to sign up for a course today. 1. It can help you save lives In an emergency, it is vital that you are able to assess the situation and provide immediate medical assistance. This could be anything from stopping bleeding to performing CPR. [Read More]

Do Your Staff Need First Aid Training?

Posted on 3 December 2020

As an employer, you will understand the importance of having staff with the appropriate training. Not only is this normally a legal requirement but it is vital for keeping everyone on your premises safe. Naturally, you will do everything possible to avoid workplace accidents but it is inevitable that at some stage there will be an incident that requires medical attention and when that happens you must have the people to deal with it. [Read More]

Learning how to do poolside first aid

Posted on 4 February 2016

As the recent tragic events in a WA home daycare show, it's vital for anyone with a pool to know how to perform first aid on a child if they fall into a pool. Here are some first aid tasks that anyone with a pool should be confident in doing while seeking emergency care.  Performing CPR One of the most vital things you should know as a pool owner is how to perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, also known as " [Read More]

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In emergency care situations, a fast response can make all the difference between life and death. When we are practising and training emergency response protocols with other first responders we are looking for ways to carve even the tiniest amounts off the way we work. I like to read industry journals and news articles to get inspiration on how we can continually improve, as well as having training competitions with other local emergency responders so we can always be learning and improving the way we work. This blog is all about incremental improvements to the way we perform emergency care.

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