Road traffic accidents: first aid for pets
Pets can be involved in road traffic accidents as well as humans. To mark Road Safety Week, Emma Hammett from…
Emma Hammett
Keeping Safe at Halloween
Halloween can be a magical time for children. However, the combination of cold, dark nights and excited children can be…
Winter holds hazards for pets
Winter is here and dogs will enjoy the crisp fresh days, snow flurries and long, muddy walks. But winter does…
Getting up after a fall
Getting up after a fall is a skill which can mean an elderly person gets help faster and minimises complications…
When is it safe to leave children home alone?
To mark Child Safety Week, I wanted to answer concerns from many parents and carers about when exactly it is…
Would you know how to use an EpiPen?
Would you know how to use an EpiPen (epinephrine injection) if someone collapsed with a severe allergic reaction? The recent…
First aid on holiday
Summer holidays are just around the corner and preparation is key when it comes to first aid on holiday. Accidents…
How to reattach a finger
Amputated tips of fingers and toes are very common injuries and with the right initial first aid treatment, they can…
Sudden cardiac death in young people
Every week, 12 apparently fit and healthy young (aged 35 and under) people in the UK die from a previously…
Dogs don’t do chocolate
There are many substances commonly available in the human world that are poisonous and can prove lethal to your pet…
To tourniquet or not tourniquet?
News that knife crime convictions in England and Wales are at a record high – courts dealt with 19,000 cases…
30-year NHS bed crisis
Every day we hear more horrifying stories of people lying on trolleys in A&E for hours at a time, whilst…