First Aid
Wednesday 13th April, 2011
Just completed my First Aid at Work course and renewed it again for another period. Even Trainers have to keep their qualifications up to date!
The new resuscitation guidelines have changed the ratios slightly for CPR and one or two minor but significant things have changed as well so it was good getting an update and the opportunity to see how other trainers are delivering the new three day First Aid at Work course and syllabus.
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