Training Wave

19/06/2020

Stay safe people :)

18/05/2020

Do you know anybody who uses Emerade auto injectors? If so this may be of some importance to them:

The pens carried by people with severe allergies should be exchanged for a different brand.

12/07/2019

If you use an Emerade auto-injector for anaphalxsis please read this important safety alert and share/tag with those who it may impact:

Pharmaswiss Česka republika s.r.o. (an affiliate of Bausch & Lomb UK Limited) has informed us of a risk of Emerade product failing to deliver a dose of adrenaline from the syringe due to blockage of the needle.

12/05/2019

As fully qualified lifeguards this story has absolutely amazed the team here! Well done our friends over at Great North Air Ambulance Service!

In years gone by, the schoolboy would not have had a chance of survival. But thanks to specialist equipment and the expertise of healthcare staff, Kacper is making a strong recovery. Last week, just two months after the incident, he walked into the Great North Air Ambulance Service base at Langwathb...

14/03/2019

Do you know what a defibrillator is? Know how to use them? Simply put - they save lives!

Have a quick look at this article for some simple effective advice, but, as always if you need specific help please get in touch!

Learn more about public access defibrillators (PADs), how defibrillators work and debunk some of the misunderstandings about when to use a defibrillator.

13/01/2019

Recent Facebook posts about Cough CPR and ‘surviving a heart attack when alone’ are (as most people suspected!) fake news.

The Resuscitation Council (UK) BLS/AED Subcommittee Statement on Cough CPR.

31/12/2018

Happy new year everybody. Remember to stay safe!

25/12/2018

Merry Christmas one and all - stay safe and we look forward to seeing you all in the New Year!

07/11/2018

Wow. Just goes to show how well AED’s work!

“We rarely tweet about patient contacts, but in the past 24hrs we've attended 3 cardiac arrests in separate Sports Centres and all 3 were awake when we arrived because the staff have used 's and - amazing!”
Great tweet from the crew of HMED54, the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance which quite often operates in the West Midlands.

05/11/2018

I do know this is factually incorrect, but, it did make me smile on this bleak Monday morning!

30/10/2018

Know anybody who manages a Defib?

Please share/tag them if they use a Philips machine.

AED serial number lookup

28/09/2018

Do you, or somebody you know, use an auto-injector?

If so here is some important information around the extension of expiry dates due to a shortage of supplies:

We are aware that many people across the UK are experiencing issues when seeking to obtain adrenaline auto-injectors (AAIs), despite having a prescription for these devices and appreciate that this can be very worrying. The Anaphylaxis Campaign has been in contact with the Department of Health, the....