There is a legal requirement for businesses to have a way of getting people with mobility problems out of a building in the event of fire. The evacuation chair is a simple way of helping someone to safety. ProTrainings have added a course to train your staff in the safe use of the chair and we can also supply the chair itself at a reduced price. We have a national network of instructors able to deliver the training at your workplace.
Course of the week – Moving People Safely Level 2
This course is ideal for all workplace requirements, as it includes safer moving and positioning of people as well as manual handling of objects. The course is designed to meet the requirements and recommendations of the HSE Manual Handling Regulations 1992 as well as other relevant regulations and guidelines. It also includes a module on slips, trips and falls. It can be taken as a online, blended or classroom course by one of our approved instructors. The online course also acts as a good refresher course for those who just need their skills to be refreshed.
Grantham teenager saves boyfriend’s life on first date
Zach Selby collapsed during a camping trip in Lincolnshire and his girlfriend Chloe Tones, 16, gave him CPR for 40 minutes before an ambulance arrived. Mr Selby, from Grantham, said he had been suffering with chest pains shortly before collapsing. Miss Tones said paramedics had praised her for saving her boyfriend’s life. Mr Selby said after drinking with friends at the campsite last weekend he had “an unbearable pain” in his chest and decided to go for a walk.
What is a breathing stoma
A stoma is a hole (opening) made in the skin in front of your neck to allow you to breathe. It is at the base of your neck. Through this hole, air enters and leaves your windpipe (trachea) and lungs. If you still have your voice box and this hole is temporary, it is called a tracheostomy. The stoma is held open by a tracheostomy tube. You may have a temporary tracheostomy After surgery to the voice box After radiotherapy, if you have swelling in and around your voice box
From 1 October, children will have access to a spare emergency inhaler at school
After almost 4 years of campaigning by Asthma UK, the law is changing to keep children with asthma safe at school. From 1 October, children will have access to a spare emergency inhaler at school. Previous legislation meant it was illegal for schools to have a spare emergency inhaler, even though exemptions existed for organisations like the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and the armed forces. This is great news, but we want to do more. Shockingly, the National Review of Asthma Deaths found that children who died from asthma were more likely to have received poor care than adults. This absolutely has …
Course of the week – Risk Assessment
Risk Assessment is a trainer led course that is delivered over a full day or Online. The course aims are to give an understanding of the importance of risk assessment and current applicable legislation, to promote awareness and understanding of what constitutes a hazard, to promote understanding of the 5 steps of carrying out a risk assessment, and to give an understanding of different control measures and how these might be implemented. By the end of this session, candidates will understand the importance of risk assessment and current applicable legislation, understand what constitutes a hazard, understand the hierarchy of controls, …
Legal Duty over Resuscitation Orders
Doctors now have a legal duty to consult with and inform patients if they want to place a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order on medical notes, the Court of Appeal in England ruled. The issue was raised by a landmark judgement that found doctors at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, in Cambridge, had acted unlawfully. Janet Tracey, who had terminal lung cancer, died there three years ago. Her family say she and they were not consulted when a DNR notice was placed. The belief such information would cause distress is no longer a sufficient reason not to inform and consult with a …
Insect repellent is ‘safe’ to use and vital for those traveling to World Cup
Repellents that contain Deet are safe to use, say scientists who are warning that protection is vital for UK people travelling to tropical destinations, including the World Cup in Brazil. Deet protects against diseases such as malaria and dengue fever, passed on by mosquitoes and other insects. Some have been concerned that it could be toxic and pose a risk to health. But the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine scientists say Deet is “the safest you can get”. They recommend applying repellents containing 20-50% Deet to the skin when in countries with diseases spread by insects. They …
Skin cancer trial results ‘exciting’
Both treatments, for advanced melanoma, are designed to enable the immune system to recognise and target tumours. The findings were released at the American Society of Clinical Oncology conference in Chicago. The experimental drugs, pembrolizumab and nivolumab, block the biological pathway cancers use to disguise themselves from the immune system. Advanced melanoma – skin cancer which has spread to other organs – has proved very hard to treat. Until a few years ago average survival was around six months.
Course of the Week – The Emergency First Aid at Work course (EFAW)
The Emergency First Aid at Work course (EFAW) is ideal for most businesses whose risk assessment has identified that there is no requirement for a fully trained first aider for their workplace. This course is available as a HABC qualification or as a ProTrainings CPD certified qualification, all courses are delivered, evaluated and quality assured to meet the new guidelines set out by the HSE in October 2013 and meet the requirements of the First Aid at Work (First Aid) regulations 1981
Blood pressure: ‘Extraordinary’ number of lives saved
Improved treatment of blood pressure has prevented hundreds of thousands of heart attacks, strokes and deaths in England, say doctors. The team at Imperial College London analysed national health survey data between 1994 and 2011. Their analysis, published in the Lancet medical journal, showed more people were being treated, and more effectively, than two decades ago. They said continuing improvements would save yet more lives. Their analysis showed that the number of people with high blood pressure who were getting treatment had nearly doubled from 32% in 1994 to 58% in 2011. At the same time, the proportion of …
Keep taking statins’ says drug body
People should continue to take statins because the benefits do outweigh the risks, according to fresh advice from the UK’s drug safety body. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has intervened due to the ongoing debate around the harms of taking statins. The drugs reduce levels of cholesterol in the blood, lowering the risk of a heart attack or stroke. They are taken by about seven million people in the UK. The MHRA said statins prevented 450 heart attacks, strokes, or deaths for every 10,000 patients taking the drugs over five years.