Category first aid

50 Plus First Aid – an online first aid course now live

The first aid training needed for the 50 plus age group are different to that on commercial courses. They are not able to complete “text book” style techniques so we have launched a video based online first aid course aimed…

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.

Free PDF Accident Book to all students

We have added a free PDF accident book to download to all students of online and classroom courses.  We will be adding more downloads to different courses soon.  You can access the accident book and other downloads by clicking the…

New Classroom course – BLS for Healthcare Professionals

We have added a variation on our BLS course to aim it at Healthcare Professionals.  You can find an instructor by looking at www.procourses.co.uk or phone us on 01206 585068 or email on support@protrainings.uk If you do not have time…

Youth First Aid

At ProTrainings we have now launched a new classroom course aimed at teaching children basic first aid skills called Youth First Aid.  It is very important that children learn first aid as they often are put in position where they…

RIDDOR’s over-three-day injury reporting requirement has changed

As of 6 April 2012, RIDDOR’s over-three-day injury reporting requirement has changed. The trigger point has increased from over three days’ to over seven days’ incapacitation (not counting the day on which the accident happened). Incapacitation means that the worker is absent…

CPR Survival Rates

  Zoll recently released some data on survival rates from Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA): If you do nothing until the ambulance arrives the probability of survival from SCA : 5% • If you do CPR before the ambulance arrives the…

ProTrainings courses now CPD Certified

All our online courses are now CPD Certified and many of the classroom ones as well and we will be adding more shortly.  More information to follow.