Emerald First Aid Training

15/11/2025

We’re back at Huish Park for today’s game between Yeovil Town FC & Southend United Football Club. Good luck to both teams

10/11/2025

We are very blessed to have such amazing carnivals taking place across our region. We spent Saturday evening watching the spectical that is North Petherton Carnival 2025 LIVE and we did have a favorite cart 😉

04/11/2025

Tonight we’re back at our spiritual home Huish Park Yeovil for tonight’s game Yeovil Town FC vs Wealdstone FC.

The plan as always is to enjoy the match but rest assured if we’re needed in any capacity, we’re here. Good luck to both teams 👍

29/10/2025

Over the past few days, the European Resuscitation Council and Resuscitation Council UK have updated their guidance and we have been going through it with interest. We are still awaiting confirmation and timescales from our awarding body but the main changes and takeaways are:

⚡️ Defibrillation pad position is demonstrated nearer to the casualties armpit than previously shown

👶 slight change in age definition of under 18’s
Infant = under 1
Child = 1 to 12
Adolescent = 13 to 18
And from that adolescent CPR depth should be the same as adults (5-6 cm)

👶 CPR in babies is now with hands encircling the casualty and using two thumbs - previously two fingers (positioning is still the same)

👦🧒 Ratio in babies and children has been revised to 15:2 compressions to breaths with 5 rescue breaths first. (Although confusion within the industry as to whom should be using this ratio)

There are other changes that many wont need to know but the important part of all of this is to recognise that someone is in a life threatening position.

We will be working with our awarding body to implement changes to assessment criteria and their plan is early 2026 for these changes to be reflected in training.

21/10/2025

🎉 We’ve Hit 300 Google Reviews… and maintained a 5.0 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating! 🎉

A huge thank you to everyone who has trained with us and taken the time to leave a review. Your feedback means the world to our team and helps others feel confident when booking their first aid training.

We’re proud to be making a difference—helping more people gain the skills, knowledge and confidence to save lives. 💚

If you still need to book your next course, you can check availability here 👇
www.emeraldfirstaidtraining.co.uk/book-now/

Here’s to the next milestone! 🙌

30/09/2025

A big day coming up in a few weeks within the first aid industry - updated guidelines are being published on Monday 27th October.

These guidelines are updated every 5 years (if it’s not Covid season) and is always interesting to see what the latest stats and statistics are surrounding CPR. Whilst any changes will take time to implement into training, this is a must-have document for anyone training life saving skills and it ensures that we are training the most up to date information to our learners

📅 Save the date!

We’re pleased to announce that the updated UK Resuscitation Guidelines will be published at midday on Monday 27 October 2025.

The revised guidelines 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.

23/09/2025

We’re full!! We had some many book on todays course, we’ve brought 2x additional trainers to ensure that we comply with our regulations of 1 trainer per 12 learners. This solidifies the fact that we are the go-to provider for all things first aid in the area!

As well as 15x learners yesterday completing their respective Emergency Pardiaitric and Paediatric First Aid blended courses.

20/09/2025

Today we have a team of 3x at Super Saturday in Yeovil. Always great to be out in our home town, if you’re coming to see the many activities that are on offer make sure you come and say hello

03/09/2025

Busiest week of the year!! And it’s only Wednesday 😰

We’ve already delivered 3 courses this week with 33 learners already through the door completing a range of Paediatric blended, Emergency Paediatric and Basic Life Support.

Today alone we have 35 learners planned across our Taunton venue and a school in Yeovil with 2 trainers attending.

Then we still have a full courses of Emergency First Aid tomorrow and Friday which we think will bring the weekly total to 92 learners!!!

13/08/2025

🚗 The DVLA have added CPR and Defibrillator questions to driving theory tests from 2026!! ⚡️

💚 We have long felt that more could be done as other countries have a first aid certificate as part of applying for a driving licence and this is a great move to raise awareness and the need for early CPR and defibrillation in the event of cardiac arrest.

We think this is a great first step towards more people being aware and in turn should save more lives ❤️

09/08/2025

Great to see these popping up all over our local community

18/07/2025

We are saddened to hear of the events regarding a coach of school children being involved in an incident in West Somerset yesterday.

Our thoughts are with all those effected - children, parents, families, teachers and all the emergency services involved 💚