Foxseal chest seal
Foxseal chest seal is an occlusive dressing for the treatment of open chest wounds. It is designed as a tool to prevent pneumothorax in a patient. It comes as a … Continue Reading →
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Consent in First Aid
Consent in first aid is important to protect yourself and the patient. Understanding simple steps will protect you.
Newborn CPR for BLS Healthcare Professionals
Newborn advice for CPR, for Healthcare professionals as this is different to standard infant CPR. This guidance is just for Healthcare professionals and not standard first aiders. Newborn life support … Continue Reading →
Flail Chest
Flail chest is when a segment of the thoracic cage is separated from the rest of the chest, a condition known as flail chest exists. Flail chest is usually defined … Continue Reading →
Seizures and Cardiac Arrest
Resuscitation Council guidelines state that “The victim who is unresponsive and not breathing normally is in cardiac arrest and requires CPR. Bystanders and emergency medical dispatchers should be suspicious of … Continue Reading →
The Muscular System
The muscular system consists of three main types of muscle tissue. We have smooth tissue, we have cardio tissue, often known as the myocardium, and we have skeletal tissue. So, … Continue Reading →
Blood loss volume estimation with serious bleeding
Blood loss volume is a very difficult thing to calculate as it is adsorbed in to different surfaces at different levels. In this video we look at a film that … Continue Reading →
Head Injury and Brainy Dogs from Headway Suffolk
Head Injury recovery is a long and difficult process and Headway Suffolk are using dogs to help in this recovery. Brainy Dogs is a unique project. Rescue dogs from Felixstowe Blue … Continue Reading →
When Tourniquets Don’t Work
Tourniquets are very good at stopping bleeding but sometimes they do not stop the bleed. This may be because they are not tight enough or that another method of bleeding … Continue Reading →
Tourniquet or Haemostatic dressing patient monitoring
Tourniquet or Haemostatic dressing patient monitoring Is vital after their use as you need to monitor the persons injury and signs and symptoms to ensure they do not get any … Continue Reading →