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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…

Serious bleeding
Bleeding can occur from various parts of the body in the case of injury. This can not only be life-threatening but also very distressing for the patient and even for the first aider. When you have to deal with a…

Fainting
To function properly our brains rely on a continual flow of oxygen which is carried in our blood. When this blood flow is temporarily reduced you may feel a little dizzy sick or just odd and if it is reduced…

Learn how to start and maintain your personal health and fitness journey online
Keeping fit and eating well is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. ProTrainings have launched a new course to help you start and maintain your personal fitness journey. This course gives you the basics of what you need to…

The RapidStop® Tourniquet – fast effective catastrophic bleeding control
The RapidStop® Tourniquet relies on key technologies to achieve rapid, intuitive and easy one-hand self-application. Application is even faster when a responder uses both hands to apply the tourniquet to a patient. The RapidStop® Tourniquet achieves full occlusion reliably and…

Suffolk Accident Rescue Service (SARS) is an emergency medical charity
Suffolk Accident Rescue Service (SARS) is an emergency medical charity, operating across Suffolk and its border areas. Volunteer SARS clinicians provide immediate and advanced medical care to patients with serious or life-threatening conditions or trauma. SARS responders have enhanced prehospital…

