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Signage alerting people to biological hazards in the workplace
General Health-Related

General Health-Related

Managing common workplace hazards

It is the employers’ obligation to satisfy the legal requirements of workplace health and safety. In this article, we’ll look at effective approaches to managing some of the more common workplace hazards.

Can you see the risks in this simple activity
First Aid Training

First Aid Training

Taking care of those in your care depends on your good health

Working in a care or education setting might sound like it’s all about taking care of others, but watching out for yourself should not be forgotten. After all, taking the best care of those in your care depends on your good health.

Asthma is a chronic condition of the airways, constricting the tubes that allow the passage of air in and out of our lungs, making it difficult to breathe.
Allergy and Asthma

Allergy and Asthma

Asthma - What Is It?

Asthma affects 235 million people worldwide. It's a chronic condition of the airways – the small tubes that carry air in and out of our lungs. Asthma causes these small tubes to become blocked, tightened or swollen, making it difficult to breathe.

Treatment for burns and scalds is an important part of First Aid training. It can mean the difference between life and death in the case of life threatening burns.
Injury

Injury

Treating burns & scalds is important in first aid training

Superficial burns or scalds affect the outer layer of your skin, causing redness and pain, sometimes blistering. Deeper burns often exhibit mottled shades of red and white, also with blisters on the skin, and the pain is also pronounced. Extreme burns — known as full thickness burns — cause damage all the way to the layer of fat beneath the skin

Our Adelaide CBD first aid courses are innovative, inexpensive, and nationally accredited. Upon completing our first aid courses in the Adelaide CBD, you will have the knowledge and skills to manage a variety of medical emergencies.
First Aid Training

First Aid Training

First Aid Course Adelaide CBD

Our Adelaide CBD first aid courses are innovative, inexpensive, and nationally accredited. Upon completing our first aid courses in the Adelaide CBD, you will have the knowledge and skills to manage a variety of medical emergencies.

Stroke Assessment Chart
Charts

Charts

Stroke Assessment Chart

A downloadable and printable first aid chart about how to properly identify and treat stroke symptoms safely.

Our charts can be downloaded
Charts

Charts

Mental Health Chart

Mental health strategies for those in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic that is downloadable and printable

Heat-Induced Illness Chart (cover)
Charts

Charts

Heat Illness Chart

Symptoms and treatment for heat stroke, heat exhaustion, heat cramps, and dehydration, as well as the cause and prevention of them.

Each letter of the acronym DRSABCD represents the next action in this step-by-step plan for basic life support.
Charts

Charts

Basic Life Support Flow Chart

DRSABCD is a step-by-step basic life support strategy. Each letter of the acronym represents the next action to be taken in response to a medical emergency.

Recovery Position Chart (cover)
Charts

Charts

Recovery Position Chart

All about the recovery position for adults, children, infants, and those in pregnancy for downloading and printing

CPR Chart - Pregnancy (cover)
Charts

Charts

Pregnancy CPR Chart

Basic life support and CPR can be much more complicated if the patient is pregnant this guide explains how to deal with that. Downloadable and printable.

How to perform CPR on infants
Charts

Charts

CPR Chart - Infants (0-12 months)

Our CPR charts can be downloaded and printed in A2 size or smaller. We also have a detailed step-by-step article showing how to perform CPR on infants.