We are delighted to announce that Southend Surestart have once again choosen Emergency Response Training to run its First Aid for Child Carers courses.

For the fifth year running we will be providing our 12 hour programme aimed at those working with children in various settings. More detail on the course can be found here, or contact our office on 0870 740 9247 to discuss your particular needs.

As reported here there have been various statements issued related to "hands only CPR". The American Heart Association have advocated a move to "hands only" CPR dropping the need for nouth to mouth, but the European Resuscitation Council believes there isn't sufficient evidence to warrant a change.

The UK Resuscitation Council have pinned their colours to the mast here, and also believe the evidence isn't compelling enough to require a change before the 2010 congress.

Therefore the current UK and European guidelines can be found here or you can watch a video here.

A GP has developed a way to find up to 500,000 people with potential diabetes who risk being overlooked by their doctors.

To find out more click here

The Nintendo Wii games console is being used as part of physiotherapy treatment for patients in South-East England. 

To read in full click here

Errr, its us!

Emergency Response Training was recently awarded " Best Health and Safety training" by Business and Commerce Today.

In winning the 2007 Health and Safety training award we are pleased at the recognition for our training methods and style. Emergency Response Training was also commended on its "responsible, ethical organisation".

Thank you and we look forward to the 2008 awards!

The HSE has released further information on the future of workplace first aid training. Employer's will need to carry out an assessment of their first aid training needs and then select one of two courses.

The First Aid at Work (FAW) course will be 18 hours (3 days) long with a shorter Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) lasting 6 hours available. Both courses (if successfully completed) will lead to a qualification valid for three years, with a yearly update course (4 hour) required. In year 3 the FAW can be refreshed with a 12 hour course, the EFAW by re-attending the 6 hour course.

For the time being the HSE will continue to approve organisations to run FAW courses, this giving automatice approval for EFAW and refresher training. Other ogranisations such as the QCA or SQA may also develop approvals for EFAW training.

For the full details click here to visit the HSE website. A further update with for Scottish readers can be found here.

Training courses, medical emergencies, fires and mutlimedia broadcasting- its all in a days work of Barry.

Still at Lakeside for the darts, when an extra special referee was needed for an extra special match, it was obvious it would be Barry.

Scott Mills, the relatively popular DJ from BBC Radio 1, played a match against Bobby George on Thursday. It would seem Barry wasn't worked too hard to add up Scott's score!

For more detail- visit the BBC website.

Just a quick, and belated, congratulations to Claire who recently graduated from Greenwich University with her Certificate of Education. After two years of hard study, assessments and assignments, all on top of her day job, it is great to see Claire receive this official recognition of her teaching skills.

Well done you.

Some people may be genetically destined to have a generous personality, Israeli research has suggested!

Click here to read more!

Scientists believe they have located a new brain area essential for good memory - the "irrelevance filter".

To view article click here

A toy that allows children aged 3-6 to exercise while playing on a computer is being tipped as a Christmas bestseller. Users pedal the stationary Smart Cycle while following routes on screen. Dr Colin Waine, chairman of the National Obesity Forum, based in Nottingham, said: “Obesity in children has reached epidemic proportions . . . doctors are worried that type2 diabetes, previously associated with adults, is rising in our children. It was only a matter of time before manufacturers wove calorie burning into toys.

Mice carrying a gene which appears to make them invulnerable to cancer may hold the key to safer and more effective treatments for humans. University of Kentucky researchers said " a human cancer treatment was possible".

To read the full article click here

History shows that medical advances are often driven by extreme circumstances such as war.

The BBC is reporting the remarkable progress and performance of the British Army's medical services in war zones.

"More British servicemen were seriously injured in Afghanistan in the first nine months of 2007 than in the whole of the rest of the present conflict.

Grim as that fact is, many of those so-called "catastrophic" wounds would have been fatal in previous wars.

Even as recently as five years ago many would not have returned home alive, the head of battlefield medicine for the armed forces says. "

To read the full article click here

Evidence is building that the cold sore virus may be linked to Alzheimer's disease, an expert says.

In lab tests, Manchester University found brains infected with the herpes simplex virus, HSV-1, saw a rise in a protein linked to Alzheimer's.

Read more here.

Being keen sportsmen we are proud to announce our sponsership of the Essex County Darts league's Dream team.

http://www.essexdarts.com/kevin_stammers/DreamTeam/DreamIndex.htm

We shall report back throughout the season. If I was a gambling man, I'd back Barry.

Fully illustrated with concise and relevant guidance for employers and employees, we now have First Aid manuals for sale @ £5.00 plus postage and packing. To order - t.0870 740 9247 or email info@ertuk.co.uk

Coming soon - First Aid Kits - watch this space!

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A First aid kit which TALKS you through home emergencies will be launched next week!

The £80.00 kit delivers step-by-step instructions for eight problems at the press of a button.

It has separate sections for bleeding, breathing problems, head and spine injuries, eye pain, burns and bites and stings.

Brain Stickley of manufactures Talking Products said, "The aim is to help save lives".

A short course focusing on: Casulty assessment, action in the event of an emergency, Child/Infant (CPR), First Aid for the wounded or bleeding, First Aid for an unconscious Child & Choking. 

Open courses held at Philpot House, Rayleigh on 12 November & 13 December 2007 from 1pm to 2.30pm @ £10.00 per person.

Please call 0870 740 9247 or email info@ertuk.co.uk to book your place (limited availability).

It is being reported  on the BBC news website today that research may have found a way to substitute oral medication for some using injections.

Whilst this is still at the trial stage this could be a massive step forward in improving the day to day life of those with Diabetes.

For the full article click here

The full range of video clips have now been loaded up onto our website

Check them out, there might be some on new topics.

Well, what can I say?

From BBC website:

The US military is developing a robot with a teddy bear-style head to help carry injured soldiers away from the battlefield.

From the BBC news website:

"Massive blood loss from a ruptured artery killed the 5,300-year-old Alpine "Iceman" known as Oetzi, tests confirm. "

Further details can be found here

It is likely that the hasty removal of the embedded object caused a possibly survivable injury to become fatal. Remember, it is normally best to leave the object in place as it may be pluggin the wound.

A reminder that Malaria is a global problem but at the same time is often misunderstood.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6607587.stm

We have a course aimed at people travelling off the beaten track.

http://www.ertuk.co.uk/isolatedenvironments.html