The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a safety warning to businesses after an increase in the number of workplace deaths last year. According to the HSE, there were 171 fatalities at work in 2010-11, an increase of 24 on the total of 147 deaths in 2009-10. In addition, more than 24,700 workers also [...]
A new client for the new year
January has brought us our first new client for 2102. The Beacon school in Chesham Bois, is an independent day school for boys aged 3-13 years. Having been dissatisfied with the quality of training offered by other providers, the school Matron, Lyn Cole booked us on trial, to run an HSE approved 1 day Emergency [...]
Compression only CPR, why playing it hard and fast like Vinnie isn’t right for everyone.
January saw the launch of the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) “Hard & Fast” campaign featuring football and TV hard man, Vinnie Jones. The survival rate for cardiac arrest is low, due partly to the fact that most people don’t know how to do CPR, and few are willing to have a go. The BHF campaign [...]
Spartan Race – How hard can it be?
Last month we covered the Spartan (sprint) race at Cambridge. This is a 5k obstacle race, of which the Spartan web site sys – “Participants will confront obstacles ranging from the extreme to absurd” The obstacles included, being hosed down with ice cold water, climbing up (and down) a wooden frame covered with plastic sheeting [...]
New BSi standard for workplace first aid kits. How will the new standard effect you?
In 1997 the BHTA (British Healthcare Trades Association) established guidelines based upon the HSE (Health & Safety Executive) suggested minimum contents for workplace kits. This standard was used to set the contents list for the common 10, 20 and 50 man first aid at work kits. On the 30th of June 2011, the BSi (British [...]
Sorry the Ambulance crew have gone to the park
Recently we provided two Ambulances to cover a corporate event in one of the London parks. While the event passed of peacefully, we had to deal with an unrelated incident. Although it was dealt with quickly, the actions of those involved could have resulted in a much more serious outcome for others. Basically some children [...]
F1 crash barriers and the brain, what do they have in common?
The qualifying session for last weekends Monaco GP was brought to a dramatic halt in its closing moments by Sauber’s Sergio Perez’s horrific 175mph crash into the Nouvelle chicane. Sergio’s car hit the Armco barrier on the track edge and then slid across the track, slamming into the barriers positioned at the apex of the [...]
What does a defibrillator (AED) do?
Last week we retrained a group of first aiders in the use of Automated, External Defibrillators (AED), you know, the box they use on TV to bring someone back to life. Everyone knows about them but do you know what they actually do? In cardiac arrests, part of the heart muscle dies as a blood [...]
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