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First aid for stabbings

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Emma Hammett

Sadly, the news has been full of stories of stabbings across the country these past few weeks, as knife crime in the UK continues to rise. Catastrophic bleeding doesn’t only happen as a result of stab wounds though. It can happen any time, anywhere and can occur as a result of DIY injuries, accidents in […]

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To tourniquet or not tourniquet?

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Emma Hammett

News that knife crime convictions in England and Wales are at a record high – courts dealt with 19,000 cases in 2016 with increases driven by juvenile offenders – has reignited the debate about whether the population should be routinely ‘upskilled’ when it comes to first aid. In particular, there is discussion about the whether […]