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General Data Protection Regulations – GDPR
The Information Commissions Office (ICO) in the UK has come up with a 12 step process for helping organisations and businesses to comply with the new General Data Protection Regulations.
Pet Fractures
The correct medical term for a break to a bone is a fracture. Bones can be fractured by direct impact, crushing, bending, bullet wounds and many other causes. There are many different types of fracture depending on how the bones…
Sepsis
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that arises when the body’s response to infection injures its own tissues and organs. Common signs and symptoms include fever, increased heart rate, increased breathing rate, and confusion. Sepsis is a rare condition that can…
Near-drowning and secondary drowning
Drowning is defined as death within 24 hours from suffocation by submersion in a liquid, normally fresh water or sea water. Near drowning implies successful resuscitation from suffocation caused by immersion. Secondary drowning refers to fluid accumulation in the lungs…
Household Cleaning Products Poisoning and First Aid
Thousands of children and infants need medical care for poisoning from products commonly found in and around the home. Although long-term injury is rare, the anxiety and distress caused to both child and parents could be avoided by increased awareness.
Asthma Treatment When An Inhaler Is Not Available or When There Are Inhaler Problems
There may be a time when you have to treat a patient having an Asthma attack who either does not have their inhaler with them or has an inhaler that is empty. In these cases where a replacement is not…
Workplace and Personal Safety
If you are working alone in a workplace, you need to make sure you keep your mobile phone with you or anything that you can communicate with people. You also need to make sure people actually know where you are.
Parking Safety
Parking and leaving in your car can result in accidents. Reversing your car takes more concentration than driving into or out of a space so many workplaces have a reverse park policy. The idea is that in the morning you…
Hand Arm Vibration
Hand Arm Vibration or HAV is a collective name for two main conditions: vibration white finger and carpal tunnel syndrome. Vibration white finger cases are numbered around 600 a year and the number of cases has decreased over the last…
Electrocution of animals
An electric shock is referred to as electrocution and it can be seen in all ages but it is more common in younger puppies as they have a habit of chewing through cables. Electrocution can also occur anywhere there is…

