Preventing accidents – How safe is your home?
Preventing accidents - Every year, around 2 million children attend A&E due to accidents. Over 76,000 of these require admission to hospital – that is...
Tag: drowning
Water safety: First aid for drowning
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...
Water safety this summer – a guide for children and parents
Having fun in the sun during the summer holidays often includes water, be it in a paddling pool, Lido, villa pool, lake, river or the...
Water Safety for Summer
Water Safety for Summer: During summer more and more people are looking to explore the great outdoors and to visit the seaside with their families...
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...
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...
Drowning Prevention Week 2021 19-26 June
Teaching kids how to enjoy water safety when in and around water. Do they know the rules for water safety? This short video is a...
Top 5 causes of serious injury for children
5 most common causes of serious injury for children: The 7th – 13th June 2021 is Child Safety Week, run by the Child Accident Prevention...
Water safety post lockdown
Water safety aspects, including drowning and emergency responses are discussed here by First Aid expert Emma Hammett of First Aid For Life. Covid-19 lockdown is...
Cutting through compassion fatigue
Compassion fatigue is what happens when you see the same terrible suffering day after day. When I was reporting on the migrant crisis in the...
