Category Student First Aid

New video stories on The First Aid Show

We have added many new video stories on our first aid blog The First Aid Show. These include stories on advanced first aid, effective CPR, BVM, dealing with children or infants and AED troubleshooting to name a few. You can…

Viral Meningitis Awareness Week

This is the second Viral Meningitis Awareness week, and this year we are asking everyone to be #VocalAboutViral. It’s all about getting people to talk about the disease, its symptoms and its after-effects.   Up to 6,000 people each year…

Aspirin and the Aspod – Carry Aspirin safely

Aspirin, used in the prevention of heart attacks, is probably the most cost-effective drug available in medical practice and daily low-dose aspirin is now a standard item in the management of heart disease patients. There is evidence that aspirin, taken…

Are emergency allergy needles too short for heavy people?

There have been various reports on the effectiveness of auto-injectors for different people and the following was press released which may give more information.  We will be releasing more information of some new options soon for people with Anaphylaxis. People…

Boy saves Friend with skills learned from Sesame Street

It seems like this sort of thing happens more and more.  The last time that something like this happened, that we reported, was with Spongebob Squarepants.  This time, it was Sesame Street, an educational show that’s been running now for 44 years.…