Road traffic accidents: first aid for pets

Pets can be involved in road traffic accidents as well as humans. To mark Road Safety Week, Emma Hammett from First Aid for Pets gives her tips on how to care for your animal at the scene of an accident. When approaching an accident, the most important element is your safety. Make sure that all […]

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Road traffic accidents: first aid for pets

Pets can be involved in road traffic accidents as well as humans. To mark Road Safety Week, Emma Hammett from First Aid for Pets gives her tips on how to care for your animal at the scene of an accident. When approaching an accident, the most important element is your safety. Make sure that all […]

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Keeping Safe at Halloween

Halloween can be a magical time for children. However, the combination of cold, dark nights and excited children can be dangerous. These tips are designed to help Halloween remain fun and keep people safe. When preparing pumpkins take sensible precautions and supervise the children using knives. Be extremely careful where you put lit pumpkins to […]

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Keeping Safe at Halloween

Halloween can be a magical time for children. However, the combination of cold, dark nights and excited children can be dangerous. These tips are designed to help Halloween remain fun and keep people safe. When preparing pumpkins take sensible precautions and supervise the children using knives. Be extremely careful where you put lit pumpkins to […]

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Winter holds hazards for pets

Winter is here and dogs will enjoy the crisp fresh days, snow flurries and long, muddy walks. But winter does hold its hazards for our pets. For example, antifreeze is poisonous to dogs and cats and can affect the brain, liver and kidney. Even a small amount can kill. Ethylene glycol is the organic compound used […]

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Getting up after a fall

Getting up after a fall is a skill which can mean an elderly person gets help faster and minimises complications such as pressure sores and hypothermia. More than 500,000 people aged over 65 years of age attend accident and emergency departments every year as the result of accidents at home – the majority of these […]

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When is it safe to leave children home alone?

To mark Child Safety Week, I wanted to answer concerns from many parents and carers about when exactly it is safe to leave children home alone. The law doesn’t state an age when you can leave a child on their own, but it is an offence to leave a child alone if it places them […]

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When is it safe to leave children home alone?

To mark Child Safety Week, I wanted to answer concerns from many parents and carers about when exactly it is safe to leave children home alone. The law doesn’t state an age when you can leave a child on their own, but it is an offence to leave a child alone if it places them […]

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