Cavell First Aid Academy

17/09/2025

💡 First Aid Tip – Recovery Position

If a person is unconscious but breathing normally, place them in the recovery position.
This keeps their airway open and prevents them from choking on their tongue or vomit.

👉 Remember: If they stop breathing, call 999 and start CPR immediately.

15/09/2025

💡 Did you know?

Training your team on-site is often more cost effective than sending staff individually to public courses.

With Cavell First Aid Academy, you get:
✅ Accredited first aid training
✅ Delivered at your workplace
✅ Significant cost savings
✅ Time-efficient and tailored to your team

Invest in your staff. Protect your business. Save money. 💙

📧 info@cavellfirstaidacademy.co.uk
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Cavell First Aid Academy is on a mission to create a county full of First Aid Superheroes - help us achieve this by booking on a course today and learning to save a life!

13/09/2025

💚 World First Aid Day Question 💚

Would you feel confident giving first aid if someone collapsed in front of you?

👉 Vote below:

✅ Yes, definitely
❓ Not sure
❌ No, I need training

13/09/2025

🌍 Today is World First Aid Day — a reminder that first aid saves lives at home, in schools, and in workplaces.

At Cavell First Aid Academy, we’re proud to deliver accredited courses that give:
✅ Schools peace of mind with Ofsted & EYFS compliance
✅ Small businesses cost-effective team training
✅ Parents & individuals confidence to protect loved ones

💡 Whether it’s a child choking, a colleague collapsing, or a family emergency — knowing what to do makes all the difference.

This World First Aid Day, why not take the step to build your skills?

👉 Book your training with Cavell First Aid Academy:

📧 info@cavellfirstaidacademy.co.uk
🌐 www.cavellfirstaidacademy.co.uk

💚 Confidence saves lives.

Cavell First Aid Academy is on a mission to create a county full of First Aid Superheroes - help us achieve this by booking on a course today and learning to save a life!

12/09/2025

💡 First Aid Tip – Choking

If someone is choking but can still cough or make a sound, encourage them to keep coughing.

Only step in with back blows or abdominal thrusts if they cannot breathe, speak, or make a noise. 🚑

⚠️ A quick word on suction devices: these are often advertised online, but current guidance (Resus Council UK) is that they are not recommended for first aid use. They are designed for trained medical professionals, not for schools, parents, or workplaces.

👉 The proven approach remains:
✅ Encourage coughing
✅ Back blows
✅ Abdominal or chest thrusts
✅ Call 999

💚 Training builds confidence — simple steps save lives.

11/09/2025

Cavell First Aid Academy | Inset Day Training for Schools 💚

💚 Last week Cavell First Aid Academy was busy delivering Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) and Paediatric First Aid (PFA) during school inset days.

Staff practised CPR, AED use, choking scenarios and more — and we also discussed the latest Ofsted changes to first aid for EYFS. It was fantastic to see such enthusiasm and commitment from school teams to keeping pupils safe. 👏

📸 A few snapshots from the sessions below!

👉 If your school is planning inset or staff training, Cavell First Aid Academy provides accredited, practical, and engaging courses tailored to education settings.

📧 Email: info@cavellfirstaidacademy.co.uk
🌐 Website: www.cavellfirstaidacademy.co.uk

13/08/2025

🚨 Big change coming to the UK driving theory test from Autumn 2025 🚨

From this autumn, learner drivers will have to answer new questions on CPR and defibrillator use — part of a nationwide push to boost cardiac arrest survival rates.

This is an incredible step forward in road safety… and we’re ready to help learners get ahead.

📘 Pass & Protect™ — Launching Soon
A self-study guide and training resources to help you prepare for these new questions and feel confident in a real-life emergency.

Stay tuned for updates!

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From 2026, driving theory tests will include new CPR questions and, for the first time, questions about defibrillators to boost cardiac arrest survival.

13/08/2025

🚗💡 Big change coming for learner drivers!

The DVSA is adding first aid & CPR questions to the driving theory test for the first time.

At Cavell First Aid Academy, we’re launching Pass & Protect™ — a brand new course and study guide to help you pass your test and protect lives.

Coming soon… 👀

Experts hope to boost cardiac arrest survival rates, with 2.4 million people sitting the test each year.

15/04/2025

Your Defibrillator Might Just Save a Life—At Any Time, Day or Night

We’ve just been notified that the defibrillator outside Silver Road Community Centre was marked unavailable today after potential use by East of England Ambulance Service. This means it may have helped someone in need—and that’s exactly why these devices need to be accessible 24/7.

Sudden cardiac arrest doesn’t keep office hours.
That’s why public defibrillators must be:
• Easy to find
• Accessible round the clock
• Well maintained and monitored

We work with local communities and organisations to support this mission—because every second counts. If you manage a defib or know one that’s locked away after hours, let’s change that.

Thank you to everyone helping to keep these lifesaving devices available. And if you’re in the NR3 area—this unit will be checked and restocked as soon as possible.

Let’s keep our community heart safe.

10/04/2025

Sewage. In our rivers. Every single day.

Anglian Water dumped sewage for over 500,000 hours in 2024 — that’s 57 years’ worth of continuous pollution.

This isn’t just an environmental disgrace — it’s a public health risk.

At Cavell First Aid Academy, we teach how to respond to illnesses caused by exposure to bacteria and pollutants. But we shouldn’t have to — because our water should be clean.

Enough.
Stop the spin. Fix the pipes. Protect our health.

28/03/2025

What do learners say about our first aid courses? Here’s a word cloud made entirely from real feedback we’ve received! Words like ‘Great Teacher’, ‘Informative’, and ‘Brilliant Course’ speak for themselves!
Book your place today: www.cavellfirstaidacademy.co.uk or email: info@cavellfirstaidacademy.co.uk