Mini First Aid Bradford, West Leeds & Huddersfield

05/12/2025

✨ We’re up to date with the new Resuscitation Council UK guidelines

The Resuscitation Council UK has released updates to paediatric and infant life-support guidance, and we want you to know that Mini First Aid is already on it. We’re rolling out team training and updating our lesson plans to make sure everything we teach reflects the very latest evidence.

If you’ve trained with us before or gained a workplace qualification with us, don’t worry, the qualification remains valid, and the skills you learned are still safe and effective.

First aid evolves as new research emerges, and these updates simply offer techniques that may help rescuers deliver even better-quality care.

Here are some of the key changes:

💚 Baby CPR: The preferred method for infants under 1 is now a two-thumb encircling technique. This can help you achieve consistent, effective chest compression depth with less finger fatigue. Other methods (one-hand or two-hand) can still be used if age-appropriate and needed.

💚5 initial breaths, 15 compressions : 2 breaths are now recommended for paediatric BASIC life support training (previously this was only taught in advanced courses to avoid confusion).

🍇 Choking in infants: Still start with 5 back blows. If that doesn’t work, follow with 5 chest compressions using the encircling technique, which replaces the two-finger approach.

⚡️Using an AED:
• Use paediatric mode for infants and children under 25 kg (approx. under age 8 ).
• If there’s no paediatric setting, use adult mode, don’t delay.
• Pad placement guidance has been refined for clarity and effectiveness.

👌These improvements aim to make life-saving actions even more effective across all ages.

🫶🏼We’ll keep you updated as we roll out these updates in our classes, and we’ll share demonstrations on the new techniques here on our socials as soon as we have these ready.

As always, our mission is to make sure you feel confident, informed, and ready to help when it matters most 💚

Resuscitation Council UK

20/11/2025

🥶 The weather is starting to get cold now we have reached November.

🚘 It's definitely worth knowing, or being reminded of how to keep your little ones safe in their car seat during the winter months ahead. 👍🏻💚

❗️ The straps may look tight enough over a coat but in a crash the fabric will compress and leave gaps; often enough room for a child to be thrown out of the car seat completely.

✅ Coats off, stick the heating on and cover with a blanket once they’re correctly fastened in. 🚗

12/11/2025

We have had an absolutely fantastic day St Aelred's Catholic Primary School & Nursery. The children were amazing and now well equipped with knowledge of what to do if they need to get help or deal with an emergency 💚⛑️👌

07/11/2025

Keira Knightley, Pixie Lott, and our very own Mini First Aid founder, Kate - all recent guests on Happy Mum Happy Baby. What great company to be in! Have a watch and find out more about what we do… 💚

06/11/2025

💚 The power of learning First Aid! ⛑️

Dominic's daughter, Ava, performed CPR on her father after he suffered a heart attack.

05/11/2025

We absolutely love what we do but when the customers write us reviews like this it really makes our day........👍
Thank you 😜

If you are looking for a First Aid provider whether is for personal reasons, work place are you are looking to support pupils within your school then then please do get in touch :-

https:/leeds.minifirstaid.co.uk

05/11/2025

This week is very exciting for our little ones, but Bonfire Night can be risky. Over 550 children under 16 end up in A&E around 5th November every year.
Sparklers are often thought of as being safe, but they generate heat levels comparable to a welding torch.
So remember......
• Sparklers should not given to under-5s.
• Make sure everyone who handles sparklers wears gloves.
• Sparklers should be held at arm’s length.
• Only light one at a time.
• Don’t wave sparklers around close to other people.
• Never hold a baby in your arms while you’re holding a sparkler.
• When the sparkler has burned out, place it, hot end down, in a bucket of cold water or sand and leave it there for several hours – they stay hot for a long time!
Quick Burn First Aid
1. Remove the person from danger.
2. Remove jewellery and loose clothing (don’t pull off anything stuck)
3. Cool the burn under running cool running water for 20 minutes.
4. Cover loosely with cling film or a clean, dry dressing
5. Keep them warm.
6. Call 999 for serious burns (face, hands, feet, ge****ls, large or deep burns); otherwise contact 111.
Let’s keep everyone safe and happy this Bonfire Night 2025!

30/10/2025

👻 Super Scary Halloween Treat Choking Hazards 👻

At Mini First Aid, we love Halloween as much as you do, but some Halloween treats like hard candy lollipops, popcorn, nuts and marshmallows are all choking risks and not recommended for toddlers and small children.

Hard lollipops and boiled sweets are a popular trick or treat gift but they can easily become detached from their stick and lodge in a child’s throat.

Nuts like peanuts/monkey nuts which are popular at Halloween are hard for small children to bite into and chew, and Popcorn with its sharp edges and kernel flakes can also be a choking hazard.

Marshmallows are sticky and hard for small children to safely chew. They can stick in a child’s windpipe and restrict their airway.

There is the added risk of your child eating these while running around, having fun trick or treating in the dark, not concentrating on chewing or eating, and you not noticing that they might be choking.

Stay safe this Halloween and keep sweet treats like this away from your small children and toddlers.

And have lots of spooky fun! 👻 🎃

25/10/2025

"Falls are the most common causes of accidents in the home and account for 44 per cent of all children's accidents”* There are around 10 children’s deaths a year as a result of falling, some of these from windows and balconies, some from stairs.
Most falls are due to children tripping over but if a child falls from height, such as out of a cot or pram, the chance of injury is more severe, particularly if a child lands on a hard surface or onto something sharp or hot.
We can’t always stop accidents from happening but we can do our best to ensure our home is as safe for our children as possible and this means being aware of hazards, understanding how best to prevent them and knowing what safety products are worth buying…and which ones aren’t!
You can learn all of this, as well as refresh some of your first aid knowledge around choking and safe weaning, at our babyproofing sessions.
You don’t know what you don’t know!
Head to the classes tab on our website, put your postcode into the search bar and check our parent classes in your area.

*RoSPA

23/10/2025

It’s been a great day spending time with this amazing bunch of humans at the Growth Hub. I have to say I am feeling very inspired and excited to continue growing my business with the support of my amazing team!