Why not use the Free Game-in-a-film made by the UK Resuscitation Council for you to keep your knowledge and skills fresh.
Go to www.life-saver.org.uk and play the FREE game. You can share your score with your friends and colleagues on facebook, twitter and google+
This is game is particularly useful to help your staff pit their wits and skills about life threatening situations in between formal training.
As a caring and diligent employer help keep your staff safe and well.
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Telefunken Defibrillator AED available for trade price of £899 + Vat.
Around 270,000 people suffer a heart attack in the UK each year, about a third of who die before reaching hospital due to Cardiac Arrest.
The chances of survival after a Cardiac Arrest increases by 70% with an AED.
Four times more women die as a result of a heart attack than they do from breast cancer & 12 people under the age of 35 die every week due to cardiac arrest in the UK.
As a responsible and caring employer invest in your staff with a Telefunken Defibrillator AED.
For more information click here to order see Our Supplies Page.
Contact : info@firstaidangels.co.uk
First Aid Angels are delighted to have celebrated our first year of working with Andover & Sparsholt College offering all Health & Safety approved First Aid courses as well as training Hampshire County Council’s School Escorts.
Here’s to a continued long and happy working relationship.
BS-8599-1 Compliant First Aid kits for the workplace has been introduced from 30th June 2012.
Which Kit Do I Require?
Category of Risk - Number of employees - Quantity and Size of First Aid Kit
Lower Risk i.e.
Shops & Offices, Libraries etc.
Less than 25 employees
1 x Small Kit
25-100 employees
1x Medium kit
More than 100 employees
1x Large kit per 100 employees
High Risk i.e.
Engineering, assembly, food processing,
warehousing, construction, chemicals etc.
Less than 25 employees
1x Small kit
25-100 employees
1x Medium kit
More than 100 employees
1x Large Kit per 25 employees
BS-8599-1 is the new British Standard that specifies the contents that must be included in workplace first aid kits, and provides guidance as to the size of kit required for a given workplace environment, based on the number of employees and the level of risk present.
What Are The Specific Changes?
• Increased numbers of gloves, which now need to be Nitrile material. The old kits had only one pair of gloves and 29 dressings.
• Fewer Triangular Bandages, which are no longer used for the immobilisation of lower limb injuries.
• The introduction of a new smaller dressing specifically for finger injuries that are too large for first aid plasters. Previously the smallest dressing was 12cm square, making it impractical for finger injuries.
• The introduction of a spool of tape to secure bandages without the use of safety pins.
• The introduction of modern wet gel type burns dressings and a conforming bandage to secure it.
• The introduction of first aid shears, to cut clothing away from an injury site.
• The introduction of an eye wash bottle into the travel kit, recognising that running water or fixed eye wash stations are unlikely to be available to workers travelling away from the workplace.
• The introduction of a resuscitation device providing protection for first aiders giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
• The addition of a foil survival blanket to provide means to keep a casualty warm, particularly in cases of clinical shock.
This month First Aid Angels has been training staff in basic life support for adults and children at a local Dental Surgery.
It highlights the need for all Dentists to meet their annual mandatory training in Cardio Pulmonary resuscitation and to be competent in using their Automated External Defibrillator .
Each member of staff at the surgery can be encouraged to take a role in carrying out CPR and using an AED and giving oxygen.
It is important to ensure all equipment is in date and that the battery to the AED is working .
If your staff need training contact us on info@firstaidangels.co.uk or call 01256 412240
The Bolton footballer Fabrice Muamba had a cardiac arrest whilst playing football but survived due to immediate CPR and the use of an AED.
This highlights the need for everyone to learn how to administer first aid. The Sun launched its love heart campaign, to get basic life-saving skills taught in schools across the UK. The ‘Love Heart’ campaign reinforces the message following the recent advert featuring Vinnie Jones. ‘Hard and Fast’ the hands only method of course is not the comprehensive way to perform CPR but simply gives the general public an idea. The message intended is to give someone the confidence to ’step up and have a go’ should they be faced with a person suffering a cardiac arrest.
So please consider this - An AED is £1000 but a life is priceless !
Please ask your workplace or child’s school to buy an AED and ask them to train everyone in CPR - It could save a life.
First Aid Angels can offer CPR and AED training for you- lets help to save lives.
2011 flew by at a really hair raising speed for First Aid Angels.
Firstly, our training room refurbishments in Houndmills, were completed and they look very smart and comfortable!
In July the Health and Safety Executive department came for their post approval monitoring visit and were extremely impressed with the running of the company and gave very positive feedback.
In September First Aid Angels were contacted by Andover and Sparsholt College and asked to work in partnership with them to train the School Escorts for Hampshire County Council every month, so far until 2013. This is a great honour as it recognises the fantastic abilities that First Aid Angels have to train a vast range of industries and bespoke the courses to meet the needs of their customers.
By December we had a large customer base to thank for their custom for 2011 . First Aid Angels continued to grow in 2011 and was our busiest year so far.
Our philosophy is to always listen to our customers needs and offer flexible, high quality training delivered by experienced ,knowledgeable and friendly staff so that “What you learn today could save a life tomorrow.”
We are pleased to announce several new courses that are now available. Each are tailored to the size of the audience and can be held at our training facilities or at your own location.
View our new courses today by clicking on the links below
Automated External Defibrillation (AED)
Basic Life Support & Oxygen Administration
Bespoke Training
Schools
For information or questions about any of our courses please contact us to discuss.
As our Parents Course received such a warm welcome at the Baby Show in Southampton this November we will be visiting other events this year to increase awareness and support many more parents.
All dates and venues will be posted here soon.
Are you planning an event in 2011? If your are hosting a business exhibition or a local fun run or charity day First Aid Angels can be on hand should any of your visitors need assistance with accidents or injuries.
Contact us today to find out more.
