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Can you please vote for two exceptional pet charities
The Super Dog Awards voting is this month and we support two exceptional entrants to this nationwide competition and we ask you to help them both by taking time to give a vote to each one of these worthy winners. …

Come and see us at the Emergency Services Show at the NEC
We are at the Emergency Services Show at the NEC from 7th to 8th September. We will be showing our nationwide training solutions in face to face, video online, blended, virtual and hybrid. We will have different new courses promoted…

Burns kits – what is inside a burns kit
This is the first aid online burns kit. Inside the plastic case, there are 12 items in there, and the first thing you will notice with them, they are different from other burns kits, because you literally just open up…

High quality plasters – an effective alternative to conventional plasters
One of the biggest problems with plasters is they simply do not stay on enough. This is the AeroPlast range, they are a much higher quality plaster. They do cost more money, but they are well worth it. There is…

Can children learn First Aid?
At ProTrainings, we have had a free student video online course and a schools program for over 10 years but we asked our Paramedics, can children learn first aid? If we consider what the aspects of first aid are, then…

Keeping safe at a road traffic collision?
In this post, we asked our Paramedics, how can you keep safe when dealing with a road traffic collision? A road traffic collision is potentially a very dangerous scene. We have moving traffic, chemicals, fuels, passive bystanders, patients who are…

What should you do when you see blue flashing lights behind you?
In this post, we asked our Paramedics, what should you do when you see blue flashing lights behind you? So my advice would be doing not speed up, keep going until you can find somewhere safe to indicate and pull…

What is the importance of learning first aid?
In this post, we asked our Paramedic, what is the importance of learning first aid? Unfortunately, in the UK, the number of people and the number of 999 calls are outstretching the services. We have always been very reliant on…

Adult Basic Life Support – 2021 key points from the UK Resuscitation Council Guidelines
Although there are no major changes in the 2021 Basic Life Support Guidelines, the 2021 UK Resuscitation Council guidelines have added a few key points about adult basic life support. Cardiac arrest recognition remains a key priority as it is…

Steward First Aid Course Live – what are the requirements?
Since February the 1st, 2021, all newly qualified stewards have got to have first aid in their armoury. So as a steward, they have got to know how to put people into the recovery position, control breathing, use ADs and…

