Firstaider Training

03/11/2025

International Stress Awareness Week is an annual event held from the 3rd – 7th November 2025, dedicated to raising awareness about stress, its impact, and how to manage it effectively. In today’s fast-paced world, stress can feel unavoidable—draining our energy, affecting our health, and taking a toll on our overall well-being. With 79% of adults in the UK experiencing stress at least once a month, it’s clear that stress is a common part of life, however it doesn’t have to be a constant companion.

Why it matters

Work-related stress remains one of the leading causes of ill health at work. In 2023/24, 776,000 workers reported stress, depression or anxiety, accounting for nearly half of all self-reported work-related ill health and contributing to 16.4 million working days lost.

When businesses fail to manage stress effectively it can also result in reduced productivity and higher staff turnover.

https://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/index.htm?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=intro&utm_content=saw-3-nov-25

28/10/2025

Defib finder uses data from The Circuit, the national defibrillator network, to help you find information about the nearest defibrillators to you.

27/10/2025

The Resuscitation Council UK have today published their changes to the resuscitation and first aid guidelines. Attached is the executive summery of those reviews.

In short some simple changes have been introduced. One being calling 999 for an unresponsive casualty before checking an airway. Another is to use the two-thumb encircling method for chest compressions in infants.

An introduction to the 2025 Guidelines, including details of key changes.

16/10/2025

Well that’s it another day under our belts. Today we were at Queen Mary's School topcliffe in our Sessay Community First Responders role to help support Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust in today’s activities. Over 100 children taught CPR and Defibrillator use. A great day was had. The girls were brilliant and there were lots of questions both about CPR application and our roles with the NHS. More potential lifesavers trained. Photos courtesy of queen Mary’s school.

15/10/2025

Tomorrow is national day. We will again be giving up our time to help support this fantastic initiative by helping to train local school children in the importance of CPR and its application. Looking forward to working with friends and colleagues from YAS CFR, North Yorkshire Police, Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust throughout the day.

10/10/2025

Today is . More than a billion people are living with mental health disorders, according to new data released by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

World Mental Health Day is marked on October 10 every year to raise awareness about mental health concerns while mobilising support for its well-being. Remember its Don't suffer in silence.

06/10/2025

Currently our landline is down due to . Please contact us via email or our mobile. Hope to get it fixed this week.

30/09/2025

The revised resuscitation guidelines are due to be published on 27 October 2025. They will reflect the latest evidence and best practice in resuscitation science across all age groups. They are designed not only to improve survival and outcomes following cardiac arrest, but also to enhance patient and family experiences through compassionate, person-centred care.

Stay tuned for more details. Resuscitation Council UK ERC - European Resuscitation Council

20/09/2025

After a break over the summer- we took annual leave over August- we have hit the ground running in September.

Over 60 learners taught with clients including community groups and businesses inc Heck Food LTD Dalton Engineering Claro Enterprises

We continue to support Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust through Sessay Community First Responders and the local The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award via Thirsk School and Sixth Form College- 'Be More Thirsk'.

The rest of the year is busy and bookings are now being taken for 2026.

20/09/2025

Over the last two weeks we have conducted three Community Heartbeat Charity defibrillator awareness sessions for Mungrisdale parish council, Hepworth and Idle Cc and Harden Cricket Club. The sessions were well attended by members of the respective clubs and local
Communities.

24/08/2025

Voluntary Recall Notice: HeartSine samaritan PAD

HeartSine samaritan PAD is a small, lightweight, portable, battery operated Automated External Defibrillator (AED) designed to treat victims of cardiac arrest.

HeartSine Technologies has initiated a voluntary recall for a specific subset of its samaritan PAD models, due to a manufacturing issue that could impair the device's ability to function or cause failure during use.

if you have one of these devises please click on the following link to see if your device is affected.

https://www.stryker.com/us/en/emergency-care/product-notices/heartsine/fa318-t3/ee.html?mc_cid=e663cff104&mc_eid=ecd762b6ac

13/08/2025

https://www.resus.org.uk/about-us/news-and-events/learner-drivers-quizzed-lifesaving-cpr-skills-theory-test-update #:~:text=Resuscitation%20Council%20UK%20has%20partnered%20with%20the%20DVSA,car%20and%20motorcycle%20theory%20test%20in%20early%202026.