With the temperatures outside dropping, we are at the start of the season of colds, coughs and other feverish illnesses. And as our bodies, or the the bodies of our children, react to these illnesses, so our temperature rises. Any body temperature above 37.5 degrees is classified as…
All the doctors and associates that work at HealthFirst are expats themselves, members of the Anglophone international community. We know what it is like to move country and all the highs and lows that that entails. Take a listen to our child psychotherapist, Rachel Melville-Thomas…
At HealthFirst, we continually update the content of our courses according to the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) guidelines. This organisation fosters the production, collation and dissemination of evidence based information on the best resuscitation practices round the world. One of the emerging facts…
If you haven’t already had those questions, they will come… Children will find the answers one way or the other, whether from you, the playground, the internet. It can be an uncomfortable subject but take a listen to Rachel Melville-Thomas, Child Psychotherapist, talking to Dr…
So you have checked for Danger (to yourself and any third parties) and it is safe to approach someone who has had an accident or become unwell – What’s next? Check for a Response from the person. Firmly rub their collar bones on both sides…
This was the health promotion slogan from 1948 to encourage people to use handkerchiefs to sneeze into and then disinfect them afterwards. These days we tend to use disposable tissues and disinfect our hands afterwards but the principles are still the same. If you would…
Thank you to all of you who came to say hello at the Expat Expo in Geneva yesterday. It was good to meet you face to face! We have a lucky winner of our raffle, who received a 100CHF voucher towards one of our courses….
Would you like a chance to win 100CHF voucher towards a HealthFirst First Aid course? Then come and say hello to us at the 6th Expat Expo this Sunday 2nd October from 11am to 5pm and fill out an entry card. The Expo is at…
HealthFirst are delighted to announce that, after many months of preparation, research and training, they are now fully accredited by the Swiss Resuscitation Council. This means they can now provide the official Basic Life Support Course with training in Automated External Defibrillation in Switzerland. This…
Whilst I was training a group on Monday, I was asked what the legal ‘First Aid’ responsibilities are for members of the public in France. This is what I found out from the French Penal Code (Article 223-5, previously Article 63): In France, the legal…