Reuters: When family members are allowed to watch emergency personnel try but fail to resuscitate a loved one, the relatives are less likely to have post traumatic stress symptoms, anxiety or depression months later, in a new French study. The researchers, who published their findings in the New England Journal of Medicine, also found that … Continue reading →

At our regular First Aid courses, participants are often surprised at just how physically demanding CPR chest compressions are to deliver. These participants are just as equally relieved when they are allowed to stop or take a break from their CPR practise.  In a real life situation however, isn’t it bad to stop CPR? Shouldn’t … Continue reading →

The answer seems so simple – the more people you have helping to deliver CPR, the easier it is going to be for everyone and the better chance you will have of reviving the casualty? But is this always right? The answer is surprisingly no. A recent study has provided the answers to this very … Continue reading →

The potentially life saving location details of mobile phone Triple ‘0’ callers are not being provided, reports Sydney Morning Herald. Over one million triple zero calls are said to be made on a mobile phone, each year. However, unlike landline based calls, the call-location details are not provided by phone carriers to Emergency Services. Mobile … Continue reading →

A former junior world triathlon champion has today thanked her rescuers after she was amazingly revived after a total of 40 minutes. Clare Carney, received CPR and defibrillation after she suffered a life threatening cardiac arrest whilst swimming at Melbourne’s Sports & Aquatic Centre last November. After being found floating face down in the pool, … Continue reading →

A person has collapsed and stopped breathing, you’ve never been trained in CPR and all you have is a CPR flowchart available. Is the CPR chart really going to help you? Well this is the question that has been answered thanks to the latest research. The study investigated whether a CPR flowchart had any real … Continue reading →

With temperatures across New South Wales expected to soar over the next couple of days, the Ambulance Service has released great tips on how to beat this extreme weather. Ambulance Chief Superintendent Ian Johns says the heat will affect everyone and it’s important not to under-estimate the heat and over-estimate your ability. It is very … Continue reading →