First Aid Training Academy

09/11/2025

They shall not grow old, as we who are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We shall remember them.

05/11/2025

Bonfire Night is upon us 🔥 Flames will flicker and the sky will light up with the popping of pyrotechnics. Unfortunately, burns happen. You may recall one of our old Monday Myth Busters, telling you what NOT to do...

Myth: Butter on Burns 🧈

The idea of putting butter on a burn was even recommended by Prussian first aid pioneer, General Friedrich Von Esmarch. But I’m sorry to say, this time he missed the Esmarch.

Just like that joke, using butter for burns isn’t great as it retains heat and can increase the risk of infection and scaring.

What’s worse – the butter needs to be scrubbed off in hospital before receiving the correct treatment – ouch! 😢

Do you know the correct procedure for treating burns?

31/10/2025

This really is GOOD NEWS!!!

GOOD NEWS!!!

We now carry life saving Defibs in every marked police vehicle based at Barnard Castle, this has been thanks to generosity of Red Sky Foundation.

These pieces of equipment would assist officers in emergency situations when people are in cardiac arrest.

They will make a difference between life and death, all officers based in Barnard Castle are trained in their use.

31/10/2025

👻 This Halloween, learn how to bring someone back from the dead 💙

CPR isn’t magic, it’s lifesaving.

🫀 Check. Call. Compress 💙

Read 👉 https://erc.edu/science-research/guidelines/guidelines-2025/guidelines-2025-english/

20/10/2025

Working with this great local school to ensure their Paediatric First Aid skills are up to scratch.

17/10/2025

This is great news.

29/08/2025

Rounding our week of back to back Paediatric First Aid courses off.
The dedicated staff team here are a pleasure to work with and they take the children’s safety very seriously. Well done guys.

15/08/2025

11/08/2025

⚠️ Together with the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, we’re advising the public to stop using certain non-sterile alcohol-free wipes, as they may be contaminated with Burkholderia stabilis.
The following products have been found to be affected:
• ValueAid Alcohol Free Cleansing Wipes
• Microsafe Moist Wipe Alcohol Free
• Steroplast Sterowipe Alcohol Free Cleansing Wipes
• Reliwipe Alcohol Free Cleansing Wipes
📰🔗 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/public-advised-to-stop-using-certain-non-sterile-alcohol-free-wipes

05/08/2025

🤏🍗😲 Removing an object with fingers when choking

🦷 Unless you’re a dentist, you should probably go throughout your life keeping your fingers out of other people's mouths. This is especially true when someone is choking, even if you are a dentist!

🤏 Blindly inserting your fingers in the back of someone’s mouth could push the object further down the throat. You also run the risk of being bitten!

👉Instead, you should follow the first aid procedure of encouraging the patient to cough, followed by administering back blows, and then abdominal thrusts if necessary. If the casualty becomes unconscious, you should give CPR. If you struggle to give rescue breaths after giving 30 chest compressions, it is okay to look in the mouth, but only to remove an obvious obstruction that you can see.