First Aid Training Academy

05/03/2026

🚨 Major Update: Stronger protections for children with allergies in school.

The Department for Education has announced a landmark shift in how allergies are managed in UK schools. Benedict's Law, is set to come into force in September 2026 after a consultation period.

What does this mean for schools?

✅ Spare AAI Pens: Schools must stock spare adrenaline auto-injectors.
✅ Compulsory Training: All staff must receive training on symptom recognition and emergency response.
✅ Dedicated Policies: Every school must have a robust allergy management policy and Individual Healthcare Plans (IHPs).

Lots of schools are already undertaking the necessary training to keep children safe. This guidance will help standardise practise and point to a collection of reliable resources for teachers to use.

You can read more about Benedict's Law here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/stronger-protections-for-children-with-allergies-in-school

And just get in touch about how we can help with evidence based First Aid training! 👋

Life-saving allergy pens must be stocked by schools for the first time under new plans announced today.

22/02/2026

Just back from our annual visit to Scotland delivering an Emergency First Aid at Work + Forestry for the British Deer Society. Always a great day working with these guys. Big thank you to Graeme Dalby at Beechgrove Trees and Hedging for organising the event.

17/02/2026

14/02/2026

Well… everyone else is doing it.

05/02/2026

Our annual visit to deliver the Mini Medics course to year 6 has gone down a storm. The Staff & Children always make us welcome and are always keen to learn these life saving skills.

05/02/2026

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Time To Talk day means it’s time for a small act to make a big difference to someone’s mental health.

📱 Text a friend to ask how they’re doing
🚶 Go for a walk and talk with a neighbour
☕ Invite a colleague for a cup of tea and a chat
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IF YOU NEED URGENT HELP:

Use practical tools from Mind https://www.mind.org.uk/need-urgent-help/

Call 116 123 for FREE from any phone any time to speak to the Samaritans or email: jo@samaritans.org for a reply (may take several days). https://www.samaritans.org/how-wecan.../contact-samaritan/

Text "SHOUT" to 85258 to contact the Shout Crisis Text Line, or text "YM" if you're under 19. https://giveusashout.org/

Get advice from the NHS by calling 111 or making an urgent GP appointment.

In a life-threatening emergency call 999 or go to A&E immediately. A mental health emergency is as serious as a physical one. You will not be wasting anyone's time.

03/02/2026

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Lives are set to be saved across North Yorkshire following the installation of specialist bleed control kits in towns and villages throughout the county. The bleed kits provide communities with immediate access to vital first [...]

19/12/2025

Wishing all if our clients a very Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year.

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/