Tag cpr

The ASPOD facilitates ‘immediate’ aspirin

  Research shows that it takes 14 minutes for a chewed soluble tablet to produce maximal platelet inhibition, and a swallowed tablet 26 minutes. Demonstrating that, when chewed, soluble aspirin is the most effective way of accelerating absorption of aspirin…

Supermarket CPR story – how good training saves lives

I have been an ITG / ProTrainings instructor for a couple of years now but have always been involved in first aid in some description. This began with my Army career where I was a medic serving in various areas…

James barry (16) real CPR story

Having practiced CPR and attending many first aid courses that my dad has run I was amazed that when I needed to perform CPR for real how my reflexes took over and I automatically got on with the job in…

CPR story form one of our Instructors Colin Frost

I was working at Truckfest Peterborough 2012, this was the first day of the show and at approx. 8:15-8:30 most of the team were inside our marquee preparing the stand, whilst Kelly and I were outside attaching balloons to the…

Basic Life Support for Dentists

We have added a Basic Life Support course specially for Dentists and Dental workers.  This course covers basic life support and CPR skills as well as some other subjects that they are likely to come across.  The course is available…

Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates

Some new data on CPR has been released by Zoll Medical.  When a cardiac arrest occurs, only half of victims will need a shock. The other half require high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). A general figure is that for every 1…

New Classroom course – BLS for Healthcare Professionals

We have added a variation on our BLS course to aim it at Healthcare Professionals.  You can find an instructor by looking at www.procourses.co.uk or phone us on 01206 585068 or email on support@protrainings.uk If you do not have time…

Youth First Aid

At ProTrainings we have now launched a new classroom course aimed at teaching children basic first aid skills called Youth First Aid.  It is very important that children learn first aid as they often are put in position where they…

CPR Survival Rates

  Zoll recently released some data on survival rates from Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA): If you do nothing until the ambulance arrives the probability of survival from SCA : 5% • If you do CPR before the ambulance arrives the…