Category online learning

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.  

Do you have any medical or accident stories to share?

Do you have any medical or accident stories to share?  We are looking for stories of how you cope with medical conditions or accidents and how you have adapted to injury to inspire and teach others. Also do you have…

British Heart Foundation is promoting ‘no kissing, just hard CPR’

The British Heart Foundation is urging people to forget “mouth-to-mouth” and to concentrate on chest compressions when performing CPR.  “Hands-only CPR” has previously been supported by the Resuscitation Council (UK).  But it is now being promoted in a new advertising campaign…

Jext Auto Injector for Anaphylaxis Treatment

We have adapted all our Anaphylaxis courses to include the new Jext Auto Injector. This auto injector is not a “new version of the epi-pen” it is a different brand and has a lot of benefits over other auto injectors.…