First Aid at Work Courses Articles

When calling the emergency medical services you may be in a location that is not always easy to describe or you may be lost on a mountain or on a remote country road.

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HeartSine AED manufacture full feature AED units in the UK. To increase the number of AED units available in the community and in businesses we are able to offer the HeartSine 350 at a special price of £799 plus VAT and the HeartSine 500 with CPR help at £999 plus VAT. We also have special offers on training nationally and video online including three free video online courses worth £75 plus VAT.

There is evidence that aspirin, taken during a heart attack, can reduce the size of the clot causing the heart attack and may even cause the platelets in the clot to disperse. Research shows that the death rate can be reduced by 20-25%. Aspirin, used in the prevention of heart attacks, is probably the most cost-effective drug available in medical practice and daily low-dose aspirin is now a standard item in the management of heart disease patients.

Tourniquet and haemostats bleeding packs are now available from ProTrainings and ITG. We have made up 3 packs depending on your needs and budget and you can buy all the items individually. If you are going to be teaching tourniquet and haemostats dressings you will need to have some to demonstrate and show in your lesson. y.

Blended First Aid at Work courses launched by ProTrainings. We are the first to launch the new HSE option for EFAW and FAW courses in the workplace. We have introduced all options for these courses including, Driver CPC, Equestrian and Forestry versions of the courses.

We now offer the full range of Celox Heamostatic dressings and training dressings and we have made up some instructor kits with special prices for orders before or at our conferences in Birmingham and Colchester. We have added the range of Celox to our new website

CPD can be completed with 85 different video online courses with ProTrainings. In the 85 courses, there are courses in first aid, health & safety, data protection, social care skills, office skills to name a few.

Resuscitation Council 2015 recommendations we released last Thursday and we have studied the latest Resuscitation changes and are changing over to the new recommendations on our courses very soon. The recommendations on CPR change every five years. On the 15th October 2015, the European Resuscitation Council, ILCOR and UK Resuscitation Council announced the 2015 guidelines. Our training courses will shortly follow the ERC and UK 2015 recommendations to ensure the latest guidelines are including in our online and classroom courses.

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Fainting is a common cause of a patient losing consciousness. It is caused by a lack of blood to the brain. This can be caused by anxiety, hunger, pregnancy, stress, worry, tiredness, standing for long periods, too hot or after receiving local anaesthetic containing adrenaline.