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A Note on Safety Training
Today we have a guest post from Ingunn, who writes about Safety Training in Norwich. I am often asked for advice on safety training and successfully delivering effective safe working practices and...
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BC Safe Driving – is it possible?
As safety instructors of course we have to say with think BC safe driving is possible, in fact safe driving is possible wherever you live. If safe driving is possible, this suggests that unsafe driving...
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Fitting Kids Bike Helmets
Did you buy that bike helmet for them to wear now? Let’s be honest, it’s easy as parents to buy many things for them to ‘grow in to’ but a kids bike helmet shouldn’t be one of them. It’s there …...
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Cheap CPR and First Aid courses available, for a price
In first aid training as in many other things in life, you get what you pay for. There are cheap CPR & First Aid courses available and you might have seen some advertised. We don’t do that. We want...
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9-1-1 Emergency, or not….
9-1-1 is for police, fire, or medical emergencies when immediate action is required. Sometimes, it seems, people forget that. To make the point, one UK police service recently used Twitter to ‘tweet’...
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Employers and Driving in BC
Motor vehicle incidents are the leading cause of traumatic work-related deaths in British Columbia, but do employers have any responsibility for staff driving? Especially when you’re not with the staff...
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Employers and Safe Driving in BC
Each year in BC, 24 workers are killed on average as a result of motor vehicle incidents (MVIs), the leading cause of traumatic work-related deaths. Employers are responsible for ensuring the safety of...
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Distracted Driving
Seems there were a lot of messages in my mail-box about driving safely this week! So far this week, we talked about employer responsibilities for employees driving; then we talked about the emotional...
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High Pressure Water Jetting and the Necessary Safety Measures
Today we have a guest post on a safety training topic I’ve never even thought about! Let us know if you like it…. In this blog post I would like to discuss high pressure water jetting. In particular, I...
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How To Treat A Yellow Jacket Sting
Spring is here, and that means the bugs will be back! Today’s guest post deals with yellow jackets: The yellow jackets are known predatory insects that can deliver a sting when they feel threatened and...
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Back Pain at work
…or anywhere else! Back pain has been identified as the most common cause of activity limitation in adults under 45 years of age, and is second only to arthritis among people between 45 and 65 years of...
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People Saver Level 1
People Saver? What’s that? The Red Cross People Saver Level 1 course is a first aid course for kids age 5-6. Levels 2-4 go up in age and difficulty but today it’s about People Saver Level 1. The best...
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Drowsy Driving and the Long Commute
Driving to work last week I was surprised by a Coyote running across the road in front of the car. Of course wildlife is common and that wasn’t too surprising. What was surprising was that as the car...
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Death – it’s not so sudden?
It’s our 100th Blog post! So let’s get back to basics and talk about CPR and preventing death. One of the advantages and disadvantages of working where I do, in a hospital, is that it brings death and...
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Secondary Drowning – What is it?
Today’s topic is water safety & secondary drowning – sometimes called Delayed Drowning. In short, it’s a condition in which a person who has survived near-drowning then goes on to ‘drown’ on dry...
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Emergency Preparedness Week: Are You Prepared?
Reblogged from Red Cross Talks: It has certainly been a busy spring for the Canadian Red Cross and its team of dedicated volunteers. In the past few months, we have responded to Hurricane Sandy, ice...
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Emergency Escape Routes at Home
This week is officially Emergency Preparedness Week so let’s start by talking about how to escape if something goes wrong – do you have a plan of emergency escape routes for use at home? Most of us...
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Man takes Joyride on a car’s hood
Elton Kim told police he saw a woman back into his wife’s SUV in the parking lot outside of his dry cleaning business and went outside to confront her. Kim stood in front of the woman’s car, which had...
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Emergency Planning – Fire Safety
Earlier we talked about having a plan of emergency escape routes for your home – hope you did one because today we’re going to carry on the emergency preparedness theme by improving on the plan and...
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Disaster preparedness – Emergencies are Sexy?
Emergencies are Sexy – really? Let’s be honest, there’s nothing pleasant about being caught in the middle of a disaster. But perhaps, just perhaps, surviving an emergency unharmed, with that special...
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