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FAB - First Aid Base Training is a first aid training company in the West Midlands offering FA & Men After all... it saves lives!

On a mission to get everyone, young and old, trained in the very basics of first aid.

30/10/2024

🔍🤩 Discover the Fascinating World of Bones! 🤩🔍

Did you know? The tiniest bone in your body is the stapes, also known as the stirrup bone, located in the middle ear. It's just a mere 0.1 inches long but plays a crucial role in hearing by transmitting sound vibrations to the inner ear! 🎶👂

And here's something wild: the hyoid bone in your throat is the only bone that isn't connected to any other bone. It floats there, held together by muscles and ligaments, helping you swallow and speak like a pro! 🗣️🍴 It's that bone they check to see if you have been strangled 😳🕵️‍♀️

The femur, aka the thigh bone, takes the crown as your longest and strongest bone. It can handle up to 30 times your body weight and, pound for pound, beats both concrete and steel! 💪🏗️

But not all bones are built tough. Take the lacrimal bone near your eye socket – it's one of the most delicate bones, playing a role in the tear drainage system. 😢👁️

Finally, let’s talk flexibility! Your ribcage might surprise you with its ability to expand and contract thanks to cartilage between each rib. This flexibility cushions your vital organs while making sure you're comfy while breathing! 🫁✨

Bone science is amazing, right? We really, really do need to look after them!!!

29/10/2024

So, how then, can we enhance our bone health?
Here are some practical and enjoyable (?) tips!

1. 🥛 **Prioritize Calcium Intake:** To build strong bones, ensure you're getting enough calcium. Include calcium-rich foods like dairy products, tofu, kale, and spinach in your diet.

2. 🌞 **Ensure Adequate Vitamin D:** it is essential for calcium absorption. Enjoy moderate sun exposure and incorporate vitamin D-rich foods like fish and eggs into your meals.

3. 🏃‍♂️ **Engage in Regular Exercise:** Keep your bones healthy with regular physical activities such as walking, dancing, or even lifting groceries as weights. Exercise contributes significantly to bone strength.

4. 🚭🍷 **Limit Smoking and Excessive Alcohol Use:** Reducing or eliminating smoking and excessive alcohol consumption can greatly enhance bone health and overall well-being.

5. 🧘 **Practice Balance and Mindfulness Activities:** Engage in yoga or tai chi or try to stand on 1 leg with your eyes closed every day, to improve balance and reduce fall risk while promoting inner peace.

Following these steps and your bones will thank you now and well into the future! 😄🌟

28/10/2024

Osteoporosis is a condition that secretly weakens our bones, it can haunt people of all ages, regardless of life stage 😱. Although you might imagine it’s something only older people have to worry about, the truth is a bit more bone-chilling! The risks and implications of osteoporosis change as we journey through life, and it’s time we all get clued in on how to keep those bones strong and healthy!

Adolescence is prime time for building bone mass. Our bodies are bone-building ninjas in those initial years! Maximum bone mass is usually reached around the early 20s. But beware! 🤺 If you miss this critical period, it could mean future danger—higher risk of fractures as we grow older.

Adulthood. Now, if you’ve made it here with those bones intact, don’t get too relaxed, as adults, our bone density takes a nosedive, especially after age 30. Losing even a small amount each year can set us up for osteoporosis in later life. Hormonal changes, particularly for women during menopause, can accelerate bone loss like a runaway train. 🦴💪

Those golden🤩years. 🌟 Having osteoporosis can make these feel more like juggling with china plates—fragile! Falls become serious business, with a potential for severe fractures just lurking around every corner! No matter your age, preventing falls and maintaining balance through activities can help keep you upright and smiling. 😉

27/10/2024

Hello, wonderful people! I thought, this week, let’s dive into the curious world of osteoporosis—a tricky condition that might be quietly lurking in plain sight. No, it’s not a long-lost dinosaur species 🦕(even though it sounds like one!). Instead, osteoporosis is a silent challenger to our bones 🦴, causing them to become as delicate as chalk due to issues with bone renewal.

So, how does this sneaky condition manage to stay under the radar? Well, osteoporosis typically doesn’t make its presence known until—ouch!—a fracture happens.
“Your bones are quiet, until they break!”

So, let's discuss a little science behind osteoporosis. Bones are incredibly dynamic structures. They're always breaking down old tissue and building new, like tiny construction sites. Osteoporosis kicks in when there's an imbalance in this process.

Who can be affected by osteoporosis, you ask?
Well, ahum, anyone who has bones 🤣!
Typically though, it's more common in older adults, especially post-menopausal women. That’s right ladies, we get the short end of the bone-stick yet again, thanks to lower oestrogen levels.

The Royal Osteoporosis Society says one in two women over 50 in the UK will get a fracture due to osteoporosis. And that just doesn’t need to happen!!

But, men aren’t off the hook though; as testosterone levels decline, they’re also at risk.

And here's a kicker: lifestyle choices like smoking 🚬, excessive alcohol consumption 🍷, and even certain medical conditions can increase the risk. Basically, osteoporosis isn’t picky when choosing its next bone to nibble on.

So, stay tuned for more tomorrow!

17/10/2024

Have you heard about the Gender CPR Gap? Well, it exists! - Almost 1/3 of people are too afraid to give lifesaving CPR to a woman because they're worried about touching her breasts!? 😱
Lioness Millie Bright has been campaigning to highlight the issue facing women. Millie says, "CPR training empowers you to respond fast & potentially save lives. Your family, your friend, a stranger - It could happen to anyone of us & regardless of gender, we need to treat every 'body' the same when it comes to CPR’. To be clear - If I ever collapse PLEASE PLEASE give me CPR & forget about my b***s!"

02/04/2024

Ah nothing better than a decent latte in the back office of a Sainsbury’s before my course starts.
Happy After-Easter everyone ☕️ 🐣

31/01/2024

Happy hump day FB peeps!
Another course and another thank you! Chocolates and a card this time for a course well run.
It makes it all worthwhile ☺️😁

13/01/2024

Nothing more satisfying than giving a good training...
Not sure the world really wants more than 1 Maz though 🤣

03/01/2024

Day 3 in the new year... still testing the waters! If I'm honest, the water's looking...mhhh...
Either way, I guess I'm in for the ride.
🥂Here's to hoping that by the end of 2024, we'll be surfing on top of the waves instead of swimming with the fishes!
May this year be happy, healthy, successful, adventurous and spontaneous for all of you my FB family ❤️💥

25/12/2023

Merry Christmas my FB family!

22/12/2023

When this year’s last days teaching is a 3-day course just before locking down for the Christmas holidays and the client says thank you in the best way ever!!! 💥❤️

17/12/2023

Do you all know where your closest Defibrillator (AED) is?

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FAB offers certified and non-certified first aid and baby massage. Our First Aid courses are for organisations, education facilities, self-employed, foster parents who need certification. Our non-certified courses can be for anyone or any organisation who would like to have some insight in Basic Life Support - CPD-days, Sport Schools, Topic related info on for example Asthma. Our Mini Medics course is best for kids around 10 years of age, but we are happy to train younger and older kids and give them some insight into the world of First Aid. We are on a mission to get everyone, young and old, trained in the very basics of first aid. After all... #becauseitsaveslives!

Our baby massage courses are for infants and their (grand)parent(s) between 6 weeks and crawling age. Touch is the most important way to heal and relax for both baby and parents. Our 5-week group course can be extended with an extra week where we offer basic paediatric first aid to parents.

FAB is based in the West Midlands, but it can offer it services nationally and internationally.

Visit our website (www.firstaidbase.com) for more information or email us: mvlc@firstaidbase.com.