Yesterday, Gold Coast Ironwomen Hayley Bateup used her CPR skills to save a dog. The Gold Coast Bulletin reports that Bateup who was in a training session, stopped and saved the life of a drowning dog. For over two minutes, Bateup delivered compression whilst the dog owner delivered mouth to mouth rescue breaths. Full Story
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Team Coastal First Aid Wins Forster Ultimate
Just a quick congratulations to Team Coastal First Aid who won the team category of the Forster Ultimate Triathalon on Sunday. The team competed in the race which included a 2km swim, 120km cycle and 21km run. In great form, Waza, Rhett and Dean crossed the line in first place to secure the win in … Continue reading
The Need For Regular Refresher First Aid Training
A recent study has highlighted how important regular refresher training is, in First Aid. The study, which conducted a wide ranging research review, found that life support knowledge and skills can deteriorate over time, even for healthcare professionals. The study showed that individuals can start to forget what they learn as early as 6 weeks … Continue reading
Funnel Web Wranglers Wanted
Experts who make the life saving anti-venom for one of Australia’s and the world’s deadliest spiders, are now calling on the public to catch the dangerous spider. Keepers at the Australian Reptile Park have today said that stocks of the anti-venom for Funnel Web bites are running low and require more of the spiders for … Continue reading
Danish Town Saves Lives
A small rural community in Denmark has showed how learning CPR can really save lives.The Danish island of Bornholm, which recently engaged in community wide CPR training, has witnessed impressive life saving results. Tragically, in between the years 2001 and 2003 in Bornholm, not one casulty who suffered a cardiac arrest survived. The residents of Bornholm decided this statistic had to … Continue reading
Ch 10 The Living Room – It Could Have Been The Last Supper
On tonight’s Channel 10 lifestyle program The Living Room, it could have been the last supper for a number of unsuspecting dinner guests. In his regular cooking segment, Spanish chef Miguel Maestre was tonight tasked with creating a delicious three course meal to serve to twelve dinner guests.The twist was that these guests had a … Continue reading
100 compressions per minute – just right
A new study has confirmed that CPR compressions performed at a rate of 100 compressions per minute, is ideal. The research which was conducted at Antwerp University Hospital in Belgium analysed various rates of compressions in over 130 CPR cases. The study found a strong association between the speed or rate of chest compressions and … Continue reading
