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How A Defibrillator Might Save Your Precious Pet’s Life

What is a defibrillator (AED) and how does it work?An AED is an Automated External Defibrillator designed for humans (but  developed by testing it on dogs!) . A defibrillator delivers an electric shock that stops the heart and enables the heart’s back up pacemaker mechanism to revert it into a worki...
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Topic: How A Defibrillator Might Save Your Precious Pet’s Life
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by Emma
Wed Apr 02, 2025 3:08 pm

Asthma and Why Spring can Make it Harder to Control

Asthma is an extremely common chronic and potentially life-threatening condition, affecting nearly 10% of children and a large number of adults. Britain has one of the highest rates of asthma in Europe. 5.4 million people receive treatment for asthma and 3 people in the UK die from asthma every day....
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Asthma and Why Spring can Make it Harder to Control
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by Emma
Wed Mar 19, 2025 11:17 am

Seizures, Convulsions and Epilepsy – a Complete Guide

What is a seizure?  A seizure is the medical term for a fit or convulsion. One in twenty people will have a seizure at some point in their lives. However, not everyone who has a seizure will have epilepsy. Electrical activity happens constantly in our brains and controls movements and bodily functi...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Seizures, Convulsions and Epilepsy – a Complete Guide
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by Emma
Wed Mar 12, 2025 11:21 am

How to Enjoy a Flipping Good Pancake Day Without an Injury

Pancake day traditionally started to use up luxury ingredients prior to Lent. However, now it has now become a great family celebration. Statistics have revealed that frighteningly this one evening is often responsible for more people requiring hospital treatment for burns than on Bonfire night. By ...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: How to Enjoy a Flipping Good Pancake Day Without an Injury
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by Emma
Wed Feb 26, 2025 11:19 am

Everything You Need to Know About Eating Disorders

What is an eating disorder? An eating disorder occurs when someone develops an unhealthy attitude towards food, which can gradually take over their everyday life and, eventually, make them ill. In many cases, it is more about control than food itself and can often be symptomatic of another underlyin...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Everything You Need to Know About Eating Disorders
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by Emma
Wed Feb 19, 2025 12:03 pm

Everything You Need to Know About Eating Disorders

What is an eating disorder? An eating disorder occurs when someone develops an unhealthy attitude towards food, which can gradually take over their everyday life and, eventually, make them ill. In many cases, it is more about control than food itself and can often be symptomatic of another underlyin...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Everything You Need to Know About Eating Disorders
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by Emma
Wed Feb 19, 2025 12:03 pm

10 Common Myths About Defibrillators and Why They Save Lives

Defibrillators dramatically improve a casualty’s chance of survival and are now widely available for the general public to use. However, we need far more in the community and work places to be able to have the major improvements on survival from cardiac arrest that is seen in other countries such as...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: 10 Common Myths About Defibrillators and Why They Save Lives
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by Emma
Wed Feb 12, 2025 12:03 pm

What to do if you have an accident when skiing

Skiing is great fun and makes for a fabulous family holiday, but the adrenaline buzz is not without risk. It is estimated that a staggering 300 million people around the world are involved in winter sports, with 200m skiers and 100m snowboarders, so it is inevitable that accidents will happen. Here’...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What to do if you have an accident when skiing
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by Emma
Wed Feb 05, 2025 3:02 pm

Preventing accidents – How safe is your home?

Every year, around 2 million children attend A&E due to accidents. Over 76,000 of these require admission to hospital – that is nearly 1500 children a week! Accidental injury is one of the biggest single causes of death in the UK for children over the age of one. More children die each year due ...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Preventing accidents – How safe is your home?
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by Emma
Wed Jan 29, 2025 11:29 am

Six Minor Winter Ailments and How To Deal With Them

Are you plagued by constant  minor winter illness  – not severe enough to need a sick note – but which leave you feeling under the weather? We rounded up the  top six common culprits  and how best to deal with them.  Chapped lips Dry cracked lips are a common problem in winter.  Extremes of temperat...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Six Minor Winter Ailments and How To Deal With Them
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by Emma
Wed Jan 22, 2025 4:19 pm

What is sepsis?

https://firstaidforlife.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/meningitis-sepsis-2-1024x724.jpg   Sepsis is responsible for 48,000 deaths in the UK each year. A distressing 245,000 people contract the condition, which can have life-changing implications. In fact, many of the symptoms of sepsis are unkno...
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Topic: What is sepsis?
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by Emma
Wed Jan 15, 2025 2:00 pm

Advice to support children and young people struggling with their mental health

https://onlinefirstaid.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AdobeStock_136380168-800x534.jpeg     Many children and young people struggle with their emotions and behaviour. We know that the majority of mental health conditions start in early adolescence, but it can be really difficult to spot them early ...
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Topic: Advice to support children and young people struggling with their mental health
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by Emma
Wed Jan 15, 2025 1:28 pm

12 First Aid Myths Debunked!

Being confident in your first aid knowledge is essential for knowing how to help in a medical emergency and avoiding unnecessary trips to the hospital. However, information on the internet and hearsay advice can be misleading and can lead to many first aid myths. In this article we discuss and debun...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: 12 First Aid Myths Debunked!
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by Emma
Wed Jan 08, 2025 1:11 pm

Twelve Most Common Christmas Accidents

This article highlights twelve of the most common Christmas accidents and medical emergencies and gives you skills to help. With the Emergency Services under more strain than ever, you really don’t want to end up in A&E! Please ensure you understand possible risks and  know how to give first aid...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Twelve Most Common Christmas Accidents
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by Emma
Thu Dec 19, 2024 11:22 am

What to do if your dog eats chocolate

There are many foods loved by pet owners and by their dogs – that can make their pets very ill!  Examples include grapes, sultanas, avocados, peaches, plums, macadamia nuts and ice cream. However, at this time of year the food to be most wary of is…. chocolate.  With human chocolate in abundance at ...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What to do if your dog eats chocolate
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by Emma
Wed Dec 11, 2024 4:54 pm