First Aid Training Academy

15/07/2025

The importance of understanding Agonal Gasps.

08/07/2025

Andy has been in Hexham working with Action For Children, ensuring their staff are confident in their First aid skills.

07/07/2025

🤏👅 Grabbing the tongue to stop someone choking when unconscious 🤏👅

It’s a sight many football fans may be familiar with; two players take a knock leaving one unconscious. But it is what follows next that we’re focussing on today. In an effort to stop the unconscious player from “swallowing their tongue”, some players think they need to grab it.

Well, we’re grabbing our whistle and blowing for fulltime on this myth. It is not humanly possible for you to swallow your tongue. However, it can still block the airway.

If someone is unconscious, tilting the head back will open the airway, as it lifts the back of the tongue away from the back of the throat. Using two fingers to lift the chin will clear the airway even more.

23/06/2025

Congratulations to today’s Students on passing their Level 3 First Aid at Work course.

23/06/2025

Final day of training for our clients at Barnard Castle School, making sure their college’s and students are safe.

20/06/2025

♥ MYTH: A heart attack is when the heart stops beating 💔



♥ We’re not sure where this myth has come from. Probably TV. But, whilst the heart may stop beating as a result of a heart attack, this isn’t what a heart attack is. If the heart stops beating, it’s called ‘cardiac arrest’.



💔 A heart attack is caused if the surface of a cholesterol plaque in a coronary artery ruptures and the contents leak out. This leads to the formation of a blood clot, which completely blocks the coronary artery, resulting in the death of an area of the heart muscle.



♥ An area of dying heart muscle is unstable and can sometimes interrupt the heart’s electrical impulses, causing cardiac arrest, so it’s a good idea to have a defibrillator very nearby just in case.



💔 Luckily, the majority of people who have a heart attack are sat upright and talking to you and modern treatments have hugely improved survival rates.

09/06/2025

CPR training saves lives.

Just 24 hours before a trip to Italy in 2022, John’s heart suddenly stopped.

Had his wife Susan, and daughter Kendall, not been trained to respond to the ultimate medical emergency, he may not be with us today.

Read the story of how John’s loved ones helped save his life: https://www.resus.org.uk/about-us/news-and-events/case-study-susan-cpr-training-helped-save-my-husbands-life

23/05/2025

If you come across someone with a suspected spinal injury, not moving them is a reasonable rule to follow. But there are some exceptions to this rule.

If the casualty is in danger, they may need to be moved for their safety. Recent studies (please see comment section) have shown that a casualty ‘self-extricating’ themselves from a vehicle causes less spinal movement than when the emergency services cut the roof off the car to extract them – so it is safe to ask someone to carefully step out of a vehicle if they are able.

If the casualty isn’t breathing, then you will need to put them on their backs and begin CPR.

If the casualty is unconscious, laying on their back and has fluids (e.g. vomit) blocking the airway, you will need to turn them onto their side (ideally using the spinal recovery position if you know how).

15/05/2025

‘You wouldn’t have mental health problems if you were stronger’.

This statement couldn’t be any further from the truth and could actually dissuade people from seeking the support that they need. This we are busting one of the biggest myths about mental health.

Mental health has nothing to do with your strength, whether that be physical or mental. A mental health condition can be developed by anyone.

If you or anyone you know needs support, please click this link ➡
https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/mental-health-services/where-to-get-urgent-help-for-mental-health/

08/05/2025

Today marks 80 years since Victory in Europe Day.

In 1945, people filled the streets, singing, dancing and enjoying street parties in celebration of the end of WW2.

At 12pm, our teams will be observing the national 2-minute silence in quiet reflection, honouring the courage and sacrifice of all those who fought for our freedom.

We will never forget.

01/05/2025

In collaboration with CitizenAid we are delivering first aid training across schools in Greater Manchester. Teaching young people the simple techniques of ap...

17/04/2025

We have spent the last couple of days delivering a Paediatric First Aid course for our clients over at The Meadows Nursery, making sure their staff are ready for any medical emergency.