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.
Evesham Fire Station Open Day 2010
11 August 2010
Having visited Evesham Fire Station open day in 2009 I took the kids along to the open day again during 2010.
The event was similar to last year, but with a few changes. There was still good representation from the other emergency services including police, ambulance, air ambulance and ...
First aid awareness for children - a guide for parents
01 July 2010
During first aid awareness week, I thought it may be useful to consider how parents could approach making their children more aware of first aid in the home.
In this post I'm assuming a child to parent relationship, but this could equally apply for a guardian, other family members ...
First Aid Awareness Week - 28 June to 2 July 2010
28 June 2010
28 June to 2 July 2010 is First Aid Awareness Week. The campaign is being run by Dorling Kindersley (publisher of the First Aid Manual) along with the UK's leading First Aid providers - St John Ambulance, St Andrew's First Aid and the British Red Cross.
It's a great opportunity ...
Birmingham Accident and Emergency is now at the QE
19 June 2010
The accident and emergency department for Birmingham has now transferred from Selly Oak hospital to the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) in Edgbaston.
- Download a printable reminder here
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Heart Matters - Free service from the British Heart Foundation
28 May 2010
Heart and circulatory disease is the UK's single biggest killer.
Heart Matters is a free service from the British Heart Foundation. It is a useful service to find out about heart disease for yourself or for a family member or friend; or if you are looking at ways to keep ...
New Facebook comments feature on Watkissonline, First Aid Quiz and PenguinTutor blogs
24 May 2010
I've added a new comment feature to my blogs on WatkissOnline.co.uk, FirstAidQuiz.com and PenguinTutor.com. I've chosen to use the Facebook comment feature. If you have a Facebook account then you can add comments using your Facebook login and it means that the comments can be shared with friends on ...
Thousands of lives could be saved by learning first aid
12 April 2010
St John Ambulance has started a new campaign to encourage more people to learn first aid. 150,000 people a year could be dying unnecessarily as first aid could have helped save their life. The hard hitting campaign features a number of scenarios knowing first aid could safe a ...
Guide to staying safe when creating electronic projects and DIY
17 March 2010
I'm currently in the process of putting together an online guide to hobby electronics. One of the most important pages is one on electrical and diy safety and how to keep safe when creating electrical projects that may run from mains electricity or other high power sources.
As ...
Change in copyright rules for First Aid Quiz website
20 February 2010
I have changed the copyright rules for the First Aid Quiz printable questions. I have relaxed the rules to make it easier for the questions to be incorporated into a commercial training session as this is something I have received enquiries about in the past.
I would like as many ...
Baby sign-language updated
27 January 2010
I've already written about my experience with baby sign-language, but that was when my first child was just under two. We've now got a second child who is almost two who has taken very differently to baby sign-language. So this now gives a contrast between how different children sometimes ...
