SkillBase First Aid’s blog posts and pages relating to Heart Attacks
The second Saturday in September is World First Aid Day! First aid is often the difference between life and death in emergency situations, bridging the crucial gap between the occurrence of an accident or sudden illness and the arrival of professional medical help. World First Aid Day aims to raise Read more…
Women are less likely to survive a cardiac arrest. Studies show that women are far less likely to survive outside of a hospital environment… but why is this? Estimated reading time 4 minutes Dr Hanno Tan, from the University of Amsterdam, analysed the data from all resuscitation attempts made by Read more…
Have you seen the post doing the rounds on social media claiming that coughing during a heart attack can help? It’s been doing the rounds for years and has had more comebacks than Britney Spears. The fact of the matter is it simply isn’t true – and sharing this post, Read more…