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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...
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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...
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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...
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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’...
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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 ...
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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...
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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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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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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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by Emma
Wed Dec 11, 2024 4:54 pm

Scarlet Fever and Streptococcal Infections – What Are They?

These infections are caused by several strains of bacteria, notably the most common are streptococcus A and streptococcus B. These infections are extremely common and frequently responsible for sore throats experienced by millions of us every year. Typically, most group A streptococcal bacteria caus...
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by Emma
Wed Dec 04, 2024 12:30 pm

Water Beads – Urgent Product Recall by the OPSS

https://firstaidforlife.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/AdobeStock_370624544-1024x683.jpeg   Water beads are particularly popular with small children and can make an excellent present, but the Office for Product Safety and Standards has issued a  Product Safety Alert , warning that water beads cr...
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by Emma
Wed Nov 27, 2024 11:39 am

First Aid Tips on How to Cycle Safely

There is no doubt that cycling is a great way to improve your physical and mental health. However, cyclists can be particularly vulnerable road users. In this article we offer advice on how to cycle safely, covering the importance of wearing a helmet and how to deal with common cycling injuries.   T...
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by Emma
Wed Nov 20, 2024 11:42 am

Diabetes – signs and symptoms and how to help

Diabetes – The FactsOne in 15 people in the UK have diabetes. This includes one million people who have Type 2  but haven’t yet been diagnosed.  In the UK, there is a diagnosis of diabetes every two minutes.   Worldwide According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are around 422 million p...
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by Emma
Wed Nov 13, 2024 11:37 am