Coronavirus anxiety & looking after your mental health
In this time of uncertainty, the mental toll on people can be considerable. The disruption to daily life can engender anxiety, stress and depression. Dr...
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.
How to care for someone who might have Coronavirus Covid-19
The Novel Coronavirus (covid 19) is a highly virulent virus, originally identified in Wuhan in the Hubei province of China in January 2020. The virus...
Coronavirus – Top tips to hasten your recovery
Talk of coronavirus is inescapable. It is dominating our media and because of this there are sometimes mixed messages. Government advice is constantly updating as...
Knife Crime – Would You Know How to Help with Major Bleeding?
Knife crime is at a record high in the UK. Just yesterday, a normal high street in South London was the scene of a terror...
Fireworks – Keeping Your Family Safe
Autumn in the UK heralds the start of firework season where there are many festivities where fireworks feature strongly; such as Halloween, Bonfire Night, Diwali,...
Fireworks – top tips to keep your pet safe and stress free around fireworks
Fireworks are exciting and eagerly anticipated by many people, yet for the majority of pets it can be a stressful and dangerous time. Pets have...
First Aid For Burns
This video explains the essential first aid steps to take if someone has been burned. It covers how to cool the burn safely, what to...
Extreme Medicine
Dr Matt Walton will be speaking at the upcoming World Extreme Medicine conference to be held in Edinburgh on 23-25 November. I’ve always had an...
Protecting your ears from permanent hearing loss
The largest cause of hearing loss is age-related damage to the inner ear. The second biggest cause of hearing loss however is exposure to loud...
Seven top tips to help you control your asthma during hay fever season
There are many different triggers for asthma attacks and most asthmatics are well aware of their trigger points, although they may not always be able...
