We are running a FPOS Intermediate course in our new offices in Colchester on 4th to 8th August. This course is ideal for anyone needing FPOS Intermediate, CFR’s. Security guards, Medics or anyone wanting to improve and apply their first aid skills. The course includes the use of Oxygen, AED, BVM, Spinal Boards, extraction and much more. The course is four days of training and then on the last day a practical exam and multiple choice exam.
Course of the week – Basic Life Support for Dentists
This course covers Basic Life Support skills and includes skills for adults, children and infants for dentists and people working in dental practices. The course includes: safety, precautions, initial assessment, recovery position, CPR, compression only CPR, CPR handover, choking, and basic oxygen use in an emergency. This course complies with the latest ERC and UK Resuscitation Council Guidelines. Included on this course are the skills of Epilepsy, Asthma and Anphylatic reactions. This course is available in classroom, online or blended options. We have a national network of instructors who can come to your workplace to deliver the training and to …
MRSA: Hospital superbug ‘shared with pets’
Pets can harbour the hospital superbug MRSA and it can pass between pets and their owners, research suggests. Cats and dogs have the same strain of the bacterium as people, genetic tests show. MRSA may spread between animals at veterinary clinics in a similar way to hospital infections, according to scientists at Cambridge University. But they say pet owners should not worry as there is very little risk of them getting ill from their pets. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is commonly carried on the skin of healthy people and humans, where it often causes no symptoms. However, it can lead to an …
Most patients ‘right to go to A&E’
Efforts to redirect patients away from busy A&E departments will not work, doctors have said – as a new study shows most need to be seen there. The College of Emergency Medicine review of more than 3,000 patients found only 15% could have been treated in the community. Last year NHS England suggested 25% could – and used that to justify a major shake-up of A&E units. The difference amounts to 1.4m patients, the college said. The college is not opposed to NHS England’s proposed creation of a two-tier system involving major and minor units.
Course of the week – Anaphylaxis
This course is aimed at anyone who requires a course in anaphylaxis awareness. The course covers the use of Epi-Pens, Emerade and Jext as well as recognition of signs, treatment, concerns and activating the EMS as well as care for the patient. We have a 100% classroom course for this and the certificate is valid for three years. To renew complete the same course again. When you have successfully completed the online or the classroom course, you will be issued a ProTrainings wall certificate and wallet card. Some of our online and classroom courses also include Anaphylaxis training and in …
Adrenaline Auto-injectors to be reviewed by the European Medicines Agency
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has started a review of adrenaline auto-injectors, which are used as first-aid treatment of anaphylaxis (severe allergic reactions) prior to calling for emergency medical assistance. This review was requested by the UK medicines agency, the MHRA, following a national review of all adrenaline auto-injector products approved in the UK. Although the product information of adrenaline auto-injectors states that the devices deliver adrenaline into a muscle, the UK review concluded that there is no robust evidence that this is the case for all patients. Depending on individual factors such as skin-to-muscle depth, adrenaline may instead be …
Course of the week – Infection Control
Infection Control Training is a mandated training program for any employee, self-employed person, or safety representative who may be exposed to blood or other body fluids. This course is available online or from one of our approved instructors. It is designed to meet the requirements and recommendations of the HSE, NHS and the medical professionals. infection control training is required in other industries outside the medical world. We have different versions aimed at the healthcare, dental, non medical (hotels, car breakers etc) and tattoo/beauty industry.
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 suffer viral meningitis. A Meningitis Now survey last year, highlighted that 97% of victims faced debilitating after-effects including exhaustion, headaches, memory loss, depression, anxiety and hearing difficulties.
National Review of Asthma Deaths Released
World Asthma Day 2014, the most far reaching National Review of Asthma Deaths has been published. Shockingly it shows almost half of deaths could have been avoided with better routine care. It has identified prescribing errors of a horrifying scale and is a damning indictment of current routine practice. Asthma UK’s full report on these findings and what must change is available here. Sadly, the review confirms previous Asthma UK research; that far too often the 1 in 11 people who have asthma are short-changed by the system.
Course of the week – Fire Safety level 2
This level 2 course is aimed at anyone who requires a course as a Fire Warden or a Fire Marshal. The course covers the latest fire safety regulations and the roles and duties of employees and their responsibilities on Fire Safety.The course is designed to meet and comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. It covers how fires are started, methods of controlling fire spread, evacuating the building, fire briefings and risk assessing. The course can be completed in the classroom nationally at one of our approved centres or 100% online using our video online training courses.
Updates to student manuals
We have made some changes to most of the free student manuals that come with all ProTrainings courses whether classroom, blended or video online. You can download these and many other documents and links from your training dashboard (where you first login). You will see course rescources tab. You can download these anytime, even after your course has been passed. If you have any questions, phone us on 01206 805359 or email support@protrainings.uk.
Health atlas allows online search of risk by area
A new online map of England and Wales allows people to enter their postcode and find their community’s risk of developing 14 conditions, such as heart disease and lung cancer. The map presents population-wide health information for England and Wales. The researchers at Imperial College London pointed out that it could not be used to see an individual’s risk. It indicated an area’s health risk, relative to the average for England and Wales, they stressed.