Mail Online – Leaving Children Alone In a piece for The Hippocratic Post, Emma Hammett explains the options available to parents seeking an evening off duty. Covering legal requirements and what to think about when deciding whether to leave a child alone. Read...
Child Accident Prevention and First Aid Advice 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...
More than 500 children under five are taken to hospital every week because of burns and scalds. Burns are particularly serious for small children and babies. They haven’t yet developed the reflex to move away from something hot and their skin is up to 15 times...
Choking is extremely common and very frightening but in most cases, with the right help, the casualty will make a full recovery. Babies can choke on anything small enough to fit through a loo roll. To Prevent Choking: Keep small objects out of reach Cut food into very...
There seems to be considerable confusion as to what First Aid training schools and nurseries should be organising in order to fulfil Ofsted EYFS and HSE requirements, so I thought it would be helpful to offer a brief overview. For any further information, please feel...
There was a great article in The Times today on the importance of defibrillators. The chance of surviving a cardiac arrest jumps from 6% to 74% if a shock is delivered within 3 minutes, so it really is important you know how to use one. Click on the image below to...
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