In order to make our training courses even more accessible, we’re adding subtitles to many of our course videos. We’ve started with our First Aid courses, which are now live with subtitles on the website. Over the coming months, you’ll see subtitles appear on many more of our videos.
ProTrainings – Proven Professionals!
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve been endorsed for both online and classroom training courses, through the Skills for Care scheme; not only that, but we’re the first company to be awarded both of these accolades! ‘Endorsed training’ proves further to you, that our training courses meet the high standards expected of the leading first aid training company.
QCF regulated qualifications change to RQF but what does this mean?
QCF regulated qualifications have all now changed to RQF. In 2015 Ofqual changed the way in which regulated qualifications are described. The main details of these changes are: The change from the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) which included the sharing of units and structures by different Awarding Organisations to the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) and the closure of the shared unit bank. The size of qualifications in the RQF is indicated by the Total Qualification Time (TQT) Ofqual defines TQT as:
Vet Poison Line
In the case of animal poisoning getting the right advice quickly has been difficult in an emergency. There are thousands of poisons and not even a vet is able to know what to do with every substance or whether it is actually a risk.
General Data Protection Regulations – GDPR
The Information Commissions Office (ICO) in the UK has come up with a 12 step process for helping organisations and businesses to comply with the new General Data Protection Regulations.
Pet Fractures
The correct medical term for a break to a bone is a fracture. Bones can be fractured by direct impact, crushing, bending, bullet wounds and many other causes. There are many different types of fracture depending on how the bones have been affected. In simple pet first aid terms, you are not necessarily going to know what has been fractured or even if it is actually fractured. You may identify a fracture based on the mechanism of injury which is how the accident occurred or the signs you see.
Sepsis
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that arises when the body’s response to infection injures its own tissues and organs. Common signs and symptoms include fever, increased heart rate, increased breathing rate, and confusion. Sepsis is a rare condition that can look just like flu, gastroenteritis or a chest infection. There are around 123,000 cases of sepsis a year in England. Around 44,000 people die every year as a result of Sepsis. Every three and a half seconds someone dies of Sepsis.
Near-drowning and secondary drowning
Drowning is defined as death within 24 hours from suffocation by submersion in a liquid, normally fresh water or sea water. Near drowning implies successful resuscitation from suffocation caused by immersion. Secondary drowning refers to fluid accumulation in the lungs following what appears to be successful recovery from a near-drowning event.
Household Cleaning Products Poisoning and First Aid
Thousands of children and infants need medical care for poisoning from products commonly found in and around the home. Although long-term injury is rare, the anxiety and distress caused to both child and parents could be avoided by increased awareness.
Asthma Treatment When An Inhaler Is Not Available or When There Are Inhaler Problems
There may be a time when you have to treat a patient having an Asthma attack who either does not have their inhaler with them or has an inhaler that is empty. In these cases where a replacement is not available, you would need to take other measures to control the attack before help arrives.
Workplace and Personal Safety
If you are working alone in a workplace, you need to make sure you keep your mobile phone with you or anything that you can communicate with people. You also need to make sure people actually know where you are.
Parking Safety
Parking and leaving in your car can result in accidents. Reversing your car takes more concentration than driving into or out of a space so many workplaces have a reverse park policy. The idea is that in the morning you are more alert so it’s best to do the harder thing of reversing into your parking space. When you are tired or maybe when it is dark at the end of the day it is best to simply drive out of your space.