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It is important to renew your first aid certification regularly. Over time, you may begin to forget how to correctly provide first aid, the techniques for which are updated often, anyway. First aid is important for safeguarding the community's wellbeing.
First Aid Training

First Aid Training

Keeping Your First Aid Certificate Current

Most first aiders will not have to use their first aid knowledge regularly. Likewise, correct first aid technique is often updated to align with new medical recommendations. As such, it is important to renew your first aid as a matter of course.

You don't have to be a tertiary educated medical professional to assist yourself, or others, in an emergency. Provided you have the required first aid skills and tools, including a fully stocked first aid kit, you could one day administer life-saving care.
First Aid Equipment

First Aid Equipment

DIY First Aid Kit

You don't have to be a tertiary educated medical professional to assist yourself, or others, in an emergency. Provided you have the required first aid skills and tools, including a fully stocked first aid kit, you could one day administer life-saving care.

What does drowning look like article header
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Danger

What Does Drowning Look Like?

In film and on television, drowning is often misconstrued as a dramatic event involving waving, splashing, and yellow. However, this could not be further from the truth. More often than not, people drown silently and only a short distance from others.

Festival goers enjoying a performance
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Danger

Adelaide Festivals and First Aid

Adelaide is a stalwart of the festival scene, and hosts a revolving door of festivals that can cater to anyone, from rockabilly enthusiasts and cabaret lovers, to barbeque nuts and grunge theatre folk.

Redback Spiders are found across Australia in warm, sheltered sites. They are known for their distinct red stripe and venomous bite.
Bites and Stings

Bites and Stings

The Redback Spider | Spider Facts

Redback spiders are found across Australia in dry, sheltered sites typically close to human habitation. Bites from a female Redback can cause serious illness and have resulted in deaths. Continue reading for step-by-step first aid instructions for Redback spider bites.

Anaphylaxis and Anesthesia - know the triggers
Allergy and Asthma

Allergy and Asthma

Anaphylaxis and Anesthesia

Severe allergies to anesthesia are a serious problem because it may be difficult for your anaesthesiologist to observe some of the usual early symptoms associated with anaphylaxis. Symptoms that may be difficult to detect include light headedness and shortness of breath.

Head injuries can be Severe, Moderate, or Minor – the category varies according to signs and symptoms.
Injury

Injury

3 Categories of Head Injuries

Head injuries are categorised as Severe, Moderate, and Minor, with signs and symptoms that vary accordingly. Problems not detected initially, may emerge later. There are specific symptoms of a head injury that should be reported to a doctor or emergency department within the first 48 hours.

Open seed follicles of Banksia cones on a burnt tree branch following a bushfire in Sydney woodland, NSW, Australia
Seasonal Concerns

Seasonal Concerns

Australia Bushfire First Aid Tips

Although many people associate fire casualties with heat and flames, smoke inhalation is actually the leading cause of death among those who get caught in fires.

Adelaide is consistently celebrated as Australia's "Most Liveable City", and this is partly due to its long and proud history as the purveyor of high-quality food and drink.
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Danger

Rare Food Allergies on the Adelaide Food Trail

As some of Adelaide's most renowned festivals, such as the Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival, can attest to - Adelaide is famous for its dynamic food and drink culture. However, no matter how delicious the food and drink is, some people may still experience allergic reactions while exploring the Adelaide dining scene.

Adelaide is renowned for offering hikers a variety of trails to choose from, many of which offer gorgeous views of the Adelaide city skyline.
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Danger

First Aid on the Adelaide Hiking Trail

Adelaide is home to a thriving hiking culture, as it is flanked to the east by the Mount Lofty Ranges. Hiking is a brilliant opportunity to explore Adelaide’s unique flora and fauna, but it is not without its dangers.

Exercise is important for maintaining a fit and healthy lifestyle. However, in asthmatic people, exercise can result in a temporary narrowing of the airways. This phenomenon is known as Exercise-Induced Asthma (EIA).
Allergy and Asthma

Allergy and Asthma

Asthma and Exercise

Though exercise is an important factor in staying fit and healthy, it can be a trigger for asthma. In saying that, with careful management and control, people with asthma can continue to enjoy their usual activities.

Food allergies are on the rise in Australia. Researchers still don't know why this is happening. As such, it is important for people living with food allergies to understand how to prevent, identify, and manage their symptoms.
Allergy and Asthma

Allergy and Asthma

Anaphylaxis and Food Allergies

Australia has one of the highest incidences of food allergy in the world. Allergic reactions to food can range from mild to life threatening. As such, it is important to know how to prevent, identify, and treat allergy symptoms.