Choking prevention and first aid: As Easter approaches and supermarket aisles fill with brightly foil wrapped chocolate eggs, a heart breaking warning posted on a parenting website serves as a stark reminder of the choking danger posed by mini eggs. These, and other small spherical sweet treats, are the same size as a child’s airway […]
Is My Baby Choking? The difference between choking and gagging and how to help. Weaning your baby from breast milk or formula to solid foods can feel scary. Parents’ biggest fear, discovered by Weaning Week’s survey, is the risk of choking. Sadly, 24 babies choke to death each year in England and Wales. It is […]
5 most common causes of serious injury for children: The 7th – 13th June 2021 is Child Safety Week, run by the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) to raise awareness of the risks of child accidents and how they can be prevented. CAPT analysed data on England’s deaths and hospital admissions for five years from 2008-12 […]
Baby first aid: 3 ways to save your baby’s life – essential first aid for parents from Emma Hammett at First Aid for Life who currently run parent courses for First Aid for babies via zoom, The importance of a Baby First Aid course Any first-time parent knows there is nothing quite as overwhelming as […]
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Learning first aid for dogs could save your pet’s life one day, says Emma Hammett. For many people, their dog truly is their best (and most loyal) friend. Whilst they provide amazing companionship, they can also get into all sorts of scraps and scrapes, eating things they shouldn’t eat and going places they shouldn’t go. […]
We all have an image of someone choking, going puce, running around and gasping. That may be true for some people, but someone who has a complete blockage of their windpipe due to an obstruction, is likely to be silent and may struggle to get someone’s attention and alert them as to what it wrong. As […]
I’ve been resuscitated three times in my life. As a nurse, I’ve attended countless resuscitation attempts. I’ve also attempted to bring members of the public back from the brink of death. Here’s my story. Coming back from the brink As a toddler, I choked on a boiled sweet. I became silent and turned purple. My […]