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...
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.
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...
Hypothermia in dogs – everything you need to know
Hypothermia is defined as the point at which the core body temperature falls below 37°C. Hypothermia will occur if your dog gets too cold and is...
Minor winter niggles – how to deal with them
Are you plagued by minor winter niggles – not severe enough to need a sick note – but which leave you feeling under the weather?...
