Date : 04/09/2017
Shark Attack First Aid Treatment Pack Shark attack first aid treatment and training is a frequent topic at International Paramedic College local first aid classes we run on the northern rivers of NSW. We are based in the Ballina, Evans Head Byron Bay corridor that has...
Date : 22/06/2017
CRAIG NOLAN The CAT Tourniquet fits the recently released guidelines issued by the Australian Resuscitation Council for the use of military style tourniquets in life threatening arterial bleeding. Do the Maths – You need to help yourself, not wait for help Do the...
Date : 17/05/2016
Free Online Learning Module for CPD on Kids Burns As I keep saying, the emergency treatment of kids is different, they are not smaller adults. Kids skin burns deeper, quicker and at lower temperatures than adult skin. Not only that but burns from scalds can cause...
Date : 03/05/2016
First Aid Class Lismore Ballina Byron Bay Answers for Questions A question was raised about burns treatment in a First aid class in Lismore recently. Australian burns specialist Fiona Woods recently had a few words to say in the Perth Sunday Times on how first aid can...
Date : 05/04/2016
Paramedic Recognition of Traumatic Brain Injury The “Darwin Awards” pay tribute to the improvement of the human genome by honoring those who accidentally remove themselves from it. In this series of posts we will look at some potential award winners. Here we...
Date : 31/03/2016
The “Israeli” or Emergency Bandage to Control Serious BleedingThe Emergency Bandage or Israeli bandage is a great product to help in the over 40 per cent of trauma-related deaths occur in the first 24 hours following an injury due to massive blood...