First Aid News, Health & Fitness and Health and Safety
These pages list 1st Aid, First Aid Quiz and Health & Fitness and Health and Safety related blog entries originating from my Personal Blog Website at watkissonline.co.uk.
Book Review: Health and Safety Pocket Book
17 January 2010
Although the description for this book suggests it would be useful for a wide range of people, it is going to be of more use to health and safety professionals rather than lay people with health and safety responsibilities.
The book consists primarily of bullet points summarising the legislation with ...
Text to NATO Phonetic Alphabet Translation tool - radio communications training
16 January 2010
I'm always on the lookout for new ways to make First Aid and related topics a bit more interesting and fun to learn for firstaidquiz.com. Recently on Facebook a friend of mine posted some text encoded using the NATO phonetic alphabet, which got me thinking wouldn't it be good ...
Happy New Year 2010
31 December 2009
Happy New Year to all my family, friends and visitors to my websites.
Looking back at last years resolutions I think I did quite well.
The first was to use the Wii Fit more and get fitter. Well I certainly achieved that one! Although the Wii Fit turned out to be ...
Book Review: Health & Safety at Work - An essential guide for managers
21 December 2009
First 3 chapters cover the legal requirements of health and safety from the Health and Safety at Work act to reporting under RIDDOR. These consist of short introductory paragraphs with collection of extracts and bullet point information. There are some positive parts to this approach as it cuts down ...
Beware of low cost hosting - unlimited bandwidth
20 December 2009
This screenshot shows the cpanel bandwidth for my "Unmetered" account with Compila for firstaidquiz.com. The site was down again briefly last week due to exceeding the so called "unmetered bandwidth". Fortunately on this occasion I saw this soon after the site stopped working and was therefore able to get ...
Good feeling - Gone : Fire Safety at Christmas
10 December 2009
New fire safety campaign by Hereford and Worcester fire service highlights the risks of overloaded sockets and Christmas trees. It includes a video created by the fire service showing what damage could be done.
Christmas Fire Safety Video
Don't let fire spoil your Christmas.
Here are the 12 days rules ...
Finally reached the end of my 6 month diet
01 December 2009
I've been on a diet for almost 6 months during which I've managed to lose 5 stone 10 lbs. I've gone from being well into the obese range to just the top of my ideal weight range based on my BMI (weight to height indicator).
I started the diet ...
New improved Photo Gallery on Firstaidquiz.com
23 November 2009
I've created a new improved photo gallery which is now in use on the Emergency Services and First Aid photo gallery on First Aid Quiz.com.
The new photo gallery is Ajax based. Assuming you have JavaScript enabled this means that you'll be able to view photos without having the ...
Christmas Fairs and Markets 2009 - Redditch, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Birmingham
20 November 2009
It's that time again - when the afternoons are dark, the Christmas Lights are on and you can't move through the crowds at the Christmas Markets and Fairs.
The Christmas fairs and markets are a great place to find that unique present or home made gift, or just a good ...
New beginner first aid quiz
17 November 2009
Earlier this year I released an Advanced First Aid Quiz on First Aid Quiz.com website.
For those that are not quite at the advanced stage I've now added a Beginner's First Aid Quiz to balance this out.
The quiz asks 10 questions designed to test a basic understanding of first ...
