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First Aid

The First Aid category provides clear, practical guidance on recognising and responding to common injuries and emergencies. It offers step-by-step advice, safety principles and preventative tips to help readers act confidently and effectively when urgent care matters.

Choking prevention and first aid

Choking prevention and first aid: As Easter approaches and supermarket aisles fill with brightly foil wrapped chocolate eggs, a heart breaking warning posted on a...
Choking prevention and first aid

Best advice for burns

Burns are extremely common, painful and potentially life-changing injuries. Burns frequently become infected and scarring from burns is often disfiguring and permanent. In fact, British...
Best advice for burns

WHO: low medical oxygen supplies in Ukraine

Dangerously low medical oxygen supplies in Ukraine due to crisis, warn WHO Director-General and WHO Regional Director for Europe: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Dr...
WHO: low medical oxygen supplies in Ukraine

Heart attack – what you need to know

Heart attack - what you need to know: Around 80,000 people are admitted to hospital following a heart attack. The earlier someone seeks help if...
Heart attack – what you need to know

First aid: Recovery position

This clear and practical demonstration explains how to place someone in the recovery position if they are unconscious but still breathing. It outlines when to...
First aid: Recovery position

Essentials for Christmas health matters

Health Essentials to survive Christmas: Christmas and New Year are busy times of year. The festive season sees a dramatic increase in the number accidents...
Essentials for Christmas health matters

Safety and first aid at Christmas

The one place you don’t want to end up at Christmas, is the Accident and Emergency Department!  Christmas is a peak time for increased stress...
Safety and first aid at Christmas