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Strokes can happen to anyone at any age, what causes them, how to spot them and what to do.
Strokes can happen to anyone at any age, what causes them, how to spot them and what to do. A stroke (or CVA Cerebral Vascular Accident) is a disturbance to the blood flow of the brain caused by a blockage or bleed in one of the blood vessels supplying the brain....
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Heart attacks and cardiac arrests and how to survive them
In the UK there are over 200,000 hospital visits each year due to heart attacks: that’s 1 every 3 minutes. Surviving heart attacks However, the outlook for surviving heart attacks and recovery is improving. In the 1960’s more than 7 out of 10 heart attacks in the UK...
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Electric shocks and how to help without putting yourself in danger
by emma | Feb 11, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 comments At work Electric shocks can be fatal. Each year there around 1000 accidents at work involving electric shock or burns are reported to the Health and Safety Executive. Furthermore, around 30 of these are fatal. The...
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Slips, Trips and Fractured Hips – the No 1 Amazon Best Seller – get your free copy today.
To claim your FREE book click here (with just £4.95 for postage and handling) Slips, Trips and Fractured Hips is being heralded as the ultimate guide to the treatment and prevention of accidents in older people. Slips, Trips and Fractured Hips has been written for...
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Could air pollution in your home be making you ill?
by emma | Nov 30, 2018 | Uncategorized | 0 comments Indoor pollution, what it is and why it is worse at this time of year We all know to be wary of pollution outside of the home, but did you know that the air quality inside the home is even more important? We spend...
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From wonder drug to superbug – are we facing an antibiotic apocalypse?
by emma | Jan 28, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 comments Experts say it’s a threat every bit as dangerous as war or climate change and it started in a GP’s surgery near you. Antibiotic overuse has given rise to drug resistant superbugs and the failure to tackle this...
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Natasha’s Law and new food labelling to prevent further allergy deaths
New proposals for tougher labelling on food set out by the government this week, aims to protect the 2 million food allergy sufferers in the UK, and give them greater confidence in the contents of and safety of their food, and crucially, to prevent further deaths. UK...
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What should you do whilst waiting for an ambulance?
If you are first on the scene and find someone who has collapsed or had an accident, what you do in those first minutes is critical. Most ambulances aim to get to a life-threatening emergency within eight minutes. However, a lot can happen in 8 minutes and the first...
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What happens when you dial 999 from making the call to when help arrives
It is the phone call none of us want to make. It means there’s an emergency and help is needed urgently. But do you know what to expect when you dial 999 and what you will be asked? Being aware of the procedures followed when you dial 999 could make you better...
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When to dial 999 and, crucially, when to seek help elsewhere.
Our emergency services are there for when we are at our most vulnerable, to help with life-threatening emergencies. Sometimes it can be difficult to judge and some people also wrongly believe that you get priority treatment arriving by ambulance. This is absolutely...
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