Royal North Shore Hospital Archives - Simple Instruction

July 13, 2017

Northern Beaches Surf Lifesaver trained in first aid and CPR

Avalon Beach SLSC should be praised for their efforts in providing first aid and CPR to a Northern Beaches man. You can be called on at any time and this person should be praised for their efforts. Original article – http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/manly-daily/lifesaver-praised-after-treating-man-70-who-fell-hard-on-rocks/news-story/477cd09f23298cf5d45b797c0c9376e5 Lifesaver praised after treating man, 70, who fell hard on rocks John Morcombe, Manly Daily May 2, 2017 5:06pm A […]

April 11, 2016

Northern Beaches local – Guy Leech knows the importance of early Defibrillation and early CPR

Nth Beaches – Manly Daily Ironman Guy Leech wants TV friend’s death to make a difference, asking for firms to buy lifesaving device April 5, 2016 12:00am Sarah Swain – Manly Daily http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/northern-beaches/ironman-guy-leech-wants-tv-friends-death-to-make-a-difference-asking-for-firms-to-buy-lifesaving-device/news-story/083d445b2256a1c3d0d833f9cae9ac1a A CELEBRITY fitness trainer has launched a campaign to get lifesaving medical devices into businesses and homes after losing a beloved friend to a heart attack. World […]

July 10, 2012

Asthma Council Australia – Blue Butterfly Program

At the National Asthma Council Australia, we know that if you are one of the 7 million Australians with allergy or the 2 million with asthma, you want to know how you could improve the health and wellbeing of you and your family. That’s why we developed the Sensitive Choice® program. Our Sensitive Choice® blue butterfly symbol is a way […]

August 20, 2011

Northern Beaches First Aid – Anytime and Anywhere

AMBULANCE REPORT: Seeing stars in the gutter 7 Aug 11 @ 12:00am by Gordon Aspinall OSCAR Wilde once said: “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” A man, 41, was certainly seeing stars when we were called to an address at Manly on Thursday, July 28, where he was rolling around […]

May 30, 2011

1 Day First Aid course – Febrile Convulsions

Simple Instruction has found another great article from The Childrens Hospital at Westmead. At many of my First Aid courses many people have not heard of Febrile Convulsions, this has prompted me to put this article up. If you would like to learn more about emergency First Aid. Enrol in one of Simple Instructions Apply First Aid or Perform CPR courses […]

May 18, 2011

Manly Daily – First Aid for Funnel Web Spiders

A story in The Manly Daily has prompted me to write a blog about the Funnel Web Spider. It is important that we know emergency First Aid at this time when the Funnel Web Spider seems to be thriving. Below I have provided some information from the CSIRO website which has some simple First Aid tipsif the worst happens and […]

May 9, 2011

Training for an Anapen?? First Aid and CPR courses available.

How do I use the Anapen®? There are 4 main steps. REMOVE Anapen and DO NOT touch needle. Massage injection site for 10 seconds. The needle does not retract completely and may cause a needle stick injury. The used Anapen may be placed in a suitable plastic container. What should I do after giving the Anapen®? You should always call […]

February 26, 2011

Northern Beaches 2011 – Volcom QVS at Avalon

If you want something to do this weekend get down to Avalon and check out the Volcom QVS starting from 7am. A safe, entertaining, fun way to spend a Saturday with family and friends. I have included a video of last years winner Jordan Lawler and the article from the Manly Daily to give you a glimpse of what to expect. Definitely […]

February 24, 2011

Manly Daily – Tackling Asthma. Action Plan

What a great article’Tackling Asthma’ in the Manly Daily on Tuesday the 22/02/2011 by Wendy Kay. As a school teacher and a First Aid trainer it was refreshing to see how we can manage Asthma whilst still participating in physical activity and keeping children healthy. I hear of so many parents withdrawing their children from sporting teams and carnivals to ‘protect them’ […]

January 18, 2011

Huge surf causes spinal injuries – Manly Daily

17 Jan 11 @ 04:24pm – Manly Daily – http://manly-daily.whereilive.com.au/news/story/huge-surf-causes-spinal-injuries/ (not actual picture from the article – great use of the spinal board though) TREACHEROUS surf conditions across the NSW coast resulted in the biggest number of spinal injuries in one weekend that the northern beaches has seen in over a decade. Waves up to three metres high with wave […]