First Aider-My Dad, My Hero.
First Aider- My Dad, My Hero.
Eddie got home from work just in time for Joan to leave for her work shift on Little Island. He was delayed all week because his foreman had nominated him to attend a first aid course. The course was very good but to be honest, if he could have found an excuse not to do it he’d have been happier. It was a strain to do his work and the first aid course and be home in time to mind Lilly.
Lilly, his beautiful bubbly 3 year old. She kept him […]
First Aid Fundamentals – child’s play
First Aid Fundamentals – child’s play
Carol stood at the side of the pitch, watching as her 7 year old, Conor, joined the rest of his team mates for the usual Thursday evening training session. Conor’s little face looked very serious as he listened to the coach’s instructions before taking up his allocated position on the field. It seemed only yesterday that Carol was holding him in her arms, taking him to baby massage classes. The massage classes relaxed both mother and baby and watching the 15 or 16 determined little boys as the coaches shouted […]
The Heel Prick test and would you like to collect yoru childs from the HSE
Did your child have a heel prick test done between 1984 and 2002?
If your child was born between 1984 and 2002 then the heel prick test is about to be destroyed.Or would you like to collect it, then here is some essential information you should know about your child’s heel prick test.
In order to comply with EU data protection laws, heel prick tests for newborn babies carried out between 1984 and 2002, are due to be destroyed following a complaint from 2009, that the retention of such cards is in breach of privacy regulations.
According to […]
First Aid Remedies For Toothache
First Aid Remedies For Toothache
If you got a nasty toothache and cannot really wait for the dentist to intervene,then try this first aid remedy and rinsing your mouth with hot water can give you some relief from the throbbing pain.
Toothache is often triggered by food particles lodged between your teeth. In that case, using dental floss will help dislodge the hidden food particles from the corners of your teeth and relieve aches and pains.
If nothing else helps, you can opt for an over-the-counter (OTC) pain reliever to dull the pounding ache.
Alternatively, you can try applying OTC antiseptic […]
The importance of basic First Aid Skills:
The importance of basic First Aid Skills:
People only think about first aid and the importance of first aid skills and what they would/should do in an emergency situation when they are in the situation. Often it is very difficult to think straight when your Child/ Mother / Husband /Sisters life is threatened. It is human nature to panic when your child is sick or hurt.There are things that you can have in place to help in an emergency.When going on holidays we make great plans, we make sure we have our
Passport/tickets/transfers/accomadation/sunscreen and even money yet […]
Baby Massage -Our First Language
Baby Massage -Our First Language
In many ways, touch through Baby Massage is our first language – a language scientists are now beginning to understand. Being touched in a loving way can help small babies grow stronger and troubled children feel less anxious. In many hospitals and birth centres, newborns are placed on the mother’s chest or abdomen to give them the most skin to-skin contact. The touch between the mother and her baby brings them emotionally close – a process known
as bonding or attachment. In fact, in one study, premature infants who were massaged […]
First Aid Classes Available:
First Aid Classes Available:
I just want to take this opportunity to tell you about the first aid classes available in your area, I don’t know about the rest of you but I am back after a not so hot summer, and back into the swing of homework , lunches and washing and ironing uniforms. I am back up and running classes in a number of places.
I have some First aid fundamentals classes in Midleton, which are filling up really fast, I am also starting a class in The Rochestown Park Hotel, and these classes are […]
After School activities, How Safe Are they?
After School activities, How Safe Are they?
Well it is that time of year again. Back to school time and I don’t know about you but in our house there is very little talk about new shoes or uniforms ,but mine are making lists of after school activities that they will take up this year…The list of ideas range from horse riding to Athletics and apart from the money to pay for all these activities.I started to think about how safe these activities are.The likes of horse riding must have pretty strict guide lines to adhere to , but when I went looking on line for safety procedures I cant find anything at all……
How much real supervision goes on?
When you see how safe your kids are when we are supervising them ourselves, you have to wonder how many situations are missed by the people giving the lesson. You would like to think that the staff understand the importance of their job and the responsibility they hold in their often very young hands.When there are cuts all over, is the safety of our kids being put in jeprody?
So think safety choosing an after school activity.
So this year while you are discussing with your kids what activities they would like to try out , be very much aware of the safety procedures used in the club, centre or swimming pool… It is vitally important to have some idea what to do in an emergency.
Whether it be a burst lip from a slitter or a sprained ankle from athletics or a bang on the head from a fall off a horse,Wouldnt you like to be able to help your own child or a friends child , if the answer is yes then click here for further info on just such topics
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