Medic First Aid Ltd

Oct

30

Keeping Safe this Halloween

Safety & First Aid

Halloween can be a fun time for kids but before you send your little ghouls and goblins out on Halloween night, be sure they're prepared for a safe and fun evening.

Oct

04

CARS PREDICTING CARDIAC EVENTS?

Safety & First Aid

Toyota is working on a “smart car” that might also have the power to save a life, with technology on board that could predict if the driver is about to experience a cardiac event.

Aug

29

Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Cardiac arrest is the loss of the heart's ability to pump blood to the body. The most dramatic occurrence, sudden cardiac arrest, can happen with little or no warning. Victims abruptly become unresponsive and collapse. Abnormal gasping can occur or breathing may stop completely.

Jun

05

THINK FAST - STROKE AWARENESS

First Aid

Stroke is the 3rd largest killer in New Zealand killing around 2500 people every year. Around one person every hour in New Zealand suffers from a stroke a quarter of which occur in people under 65 years of age.

Tags : Stroke awareness

May

26

EMERGENCY CARE AND KIDS: NOSEBLEEDS AND INJURED TEETH

First Aid

With the winter season underway let’s take a quick look at two common childhood medical emergencies we might encounter on the playground or at a child’s sporting event