We hear the burning question all of the time – ‘What are the best medical equipment bags?’ Hey, we asked ourselves the same thing when we first opened our online shop! With our mission in mind: only sell the best quality products at reasonable prices, we knew we had to choose carefully when it came […]
What do defibrillators do? A defibrillator (or automated external defibrillator – AED) is a device that delivers a high energy electric shock to the heart of a casualty who is in life-threatening cardiac arrest. A common cause of cardiac arrest is when the heart is in an abnormal heart rhythm called ventricular fibrillation (VF). The shocked […]
Our original post on social media was aimed at ‘lay’ readers. We replicated the NHS advice for sprains and strains to keep the message simple and clear. The NHS advice page for sprains and strains is one of the first results on Google for ‘sprains and strains’, however it advocates compression – something which has […]
How to control bleeding – the stepwise approach should be at the forefront of every pre-hospital practitioner’s mind. Whether you are a first aider or a paramedic, the stepwise method is essential. Published in the Emergency Medicine Journal in 2007, this approach can be seen as a ladder starting with simple interventions. This article and […]
Did you know wearing surgical masks in Japan is a part of social etiquette? Neither did we until the recent outbreak of Corona Virus in 2019. As a Westerner, it would be easy to wrongfully assume that the images of crowds of Japanese people wearing surgical masks in public was due to pollution. However, seeing […]
First aid kit contents: this is sometimes a contentious subject, the most important factor is to tailor first aid kits to each scenario. This doesn’t mean that all off the shelf first aid kits are bad – where the kit is appropriately designed for the scenario you intend to use it in, an off the […]
what3words will provide a unique 3-word sequence for every 3m square in the world. It is as accurate as GPS and it is free to use for personal users. You can download it onto your phone and easily locate the reference for your current location. Or, input the reference for a casualty’s location. More importantly, […]
