First aid for a drowning adult, baby or child
Always supervise children near water, they can drown in just a couple of centimetres. Drowning can happen quickly and quietly and causes a frightening number...
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.
Staying safe on sports day
It’s that time of year when schools the length and breadth of the country get ready to enjoy Sports Day. It’s a great day for...
Preventing accidents – How safe is your home?
Preventing accidents – How safe is your home? Accidental injury is one of the biggest single causes of death in the UK for children over...
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...
The difference between choking and gagging
Is My Baby Choking? The difference between choking and gagging and how to help. Weaning your baby from breast milk or formula to solid foods...
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...
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...
Road accident data could help predict crash victims most at risk of brain injury
Road accident data could help predict crash victims most at risk of brain injury: Imperial researchers have identified how speed, direction, and level of head protection...
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...
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...
