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New adaptive testing and remedial help on our video online courses
We have added adaptive testing to our courses so that you are asked quiz questions during the course and the final exam uses a pool of questions to ensure all exams are different. Passing the test is the goal but…
Anaphylaxis video online course coming soon
We will be launching a new course on Anaphylaxis soon aimed at people with Anaphylaxis and people or parents who care for someone with this condition. Have a look at our youtube site for more information on auto-injectors. To view…
Hetty, a black Labrador/Retriever cross is the first dog in the UK to be trained as both a guide dog and a seizure alert dog
A woman from Tunbridge Wells in Kent who is blind and has epilepsy is getting help from a very special assistance dog. Visit the guide dogs for the blind website Hetty, a black Labrador/Retriever cross is the first dog in the…
British Heart Foundation is promoting ‘no kissing, just hard CPR’
The British Heart Foundation is urging people to forget “mouth-to-mouth” and to concentrate on chest compressions when performing CPR. “Hands-only CPR” has previously been supported by the Resuscitation Council (UK). But it is now being promoted in a new advertising campaign…
Treatment for Heart Conditions with Angioplasty and Stents for Coronary Heart Disease
The treatment for inserting a Stent to treat heart conditions is in the news with Prince Philip. It is a simple and effective procedure with great success. The procedure know as Coronary Angioplasty is a procedure to treat the fatty…
Jext Auto Injector for Anaphylaxis Treatment
We have adapted all our Anaphylaxis courses to include the new Jext Auto Injector. This auto injector is not a “new version of the epi-pen” it is a different brand and has a lot of benefits over other auto injectors.…
ProTrainings Christmas closing times
ProTrainings will be closed for the Christmas break on Thursday 22nd December and re-opens at 9am on Tuesday 3rd January 2012. All of us at ProTrainings wish all our customers and students a Happy Christmas and New Year.
24,000 diabetes deaths a year ‘could be avoided’
Up to 24,000 deaths from diabetes could be avoided in England each year, if patients and doctors better managed the condition, a report concludes. The first-ever audit of patient deaths from the condition said basic health checks, a good diet…
Confusion over salt in your diet
“Salt is good for us after all,” according to the Daily Express. The newspaper said that a “controversial new study suggests that salt in the diet can lessen our chances of suffering heart disease and strokes”. The Express story itself should be taken…
New hope for head injury patients
A method of communicating with brain damaged patients who appear to be in a vegetative state has been discovered by scientists in the UK and Belgium. Writing in The Lancet medical journal they describe how they measured electrical activity in the brain…

