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Tourniquets and haemostatic dressings – new guidelines.

2nd January 2017Graeme Smith Blog catastrophic bleeding FAW First Aid first aid training in darlington first aid training in durham first aid training in hartlepool first aid training in middlesbrough first aid training in sunderland first aid training in tesside haemostatic dressings HSE Paedaitric First Aid Resuscitation council UK teesside first aid Tourniquets 3

Tourniquets and haemostatic dressings Under new guidelines from the Resuscitation Council (UK) Guidelines Haemostatic dressings and tourniquets are to be used when direct pressure cannot control severe bleeding. The treatment for catastrophic bleeding has changed – Tourniquets and haemostatic dressings are now to be used. Elevation and indirect pressure have been removed due to a […]

Why you could do with an AED

30th December 2016Graeme Smith Blog AED Chain of survival CPR Defib Defibrulator First Aid first aid training in darlington first aid training in durham first aid training in hartlpeool first aid training in sunderland first aid training in teesside save a life SCA sudden cardiac arrest 1

Ambulance services struggling to reach seriously ill patients in time making the distribution and use of an AED vital. A new investigation has revealed that ambulance services are failing to reach people with life-threatening conditions quickly enough. Freedom of Information Requests made by the BBC revealed that only one of the UK’s 13 ambulance services; […]