Category First Aid at Work

What is Atrial Fibrillation

A normal heart beats between 60 and 100 per minute when resting but someone with Atrial Fibrillation this may be increased to over 140 beats per minute and be irregular.  You may detect this when caring for someone by a…

Don’t Strokes just happen to retired people?

Don’t Strokes just happen to retired people, is a question that some students ask and they are surprised to hear that it is not just the over 60’s age groups that suffer from Strokes.  In the UK about 150,000 people…

Downloading your Certified CPD Certificate for all courses

All ProTrainings courses are CPD Certified and you can login and download your statement from the home page using the “actions” button.  You can print this as soon as you complete the online course or your instructor marks you as passed…

Basic Life Support for Dentists

We have added a Basic Life Support course specially for Dentists and Dental workers.  This course covers basic life support and CPR skills as well as some other subjects that they are likely to come across.  The course is available…

Sports First Aid New Options

We have launched a video online and blended option to our existing classroom Sports First Aid course.  Now you can choose the best course for the time you have available.  You can learn more at www.profa.co.uk and selecting the Sports…

New Appointed Persons in the Workplace Video Online Course

We have launched an online Appointed Persons in the Workplace course at www.proappointedpersons.co.uk In small business and where a company need extra first aiders but cannot afford the time to release them on a full EFAW course this online Appointed Persons…

Updated Course Videos

We have updated the videos in our first aid courses in Basic Life Support, AED, FAW refresher and working through the others.  All primary care videos and many of the secondary care have been replaced on all first aid courses.…

Epilepsy facts and figures

To understand Epilepsy more it is good to know the scale of the problem and who is affected so we have detailed some facts on this condition from the data from the Joint Epilepsy Council.  Epilepsy can affect anyone of…

Anaphylaxis Training Course Online

We have launched an online Anaphylaxis course at www.proanaphylaxis.co.uk  The course covers the use of Jext, EpiPen and Anapen auto-injectors and comes with free student manual and other downloads as well as the usual other features of our online sites.