Resource Library
First Aid Resources & Articles
Practical first aid guidance from our trainers — free to read, updated regularly.
Managing Risks Associated with Manual Handling Tasks
Almost every job involves using the body to carry out some type of manual task. Some tasks may be hazardous, causing injuries such as musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Knowing how to manage them is a legal responsibility of all workplaces.
Workplace First Aid Requirements
In Australia, workplace safety is a top priority, and First Aid plays a crucial role in ensuring the well-being of employees. Workplaces are expected to adhere to specific regulations and guidelines outlined by Safe Work Australia. How does your workplace stack up?
3 Safety Precautions Outdoor Activity Leaders Should Take
No matter how experienced you are as an outdoor activity leader, there are some things you should always do to keep your group safe. Nature can be unpredictable, and so it’s best to be prepared.
Common House Party Injuries
As you raise your glass to toast to good times, let's also raise awareness about safety, because partying responsibly is about more than just having a great time – it's about ensuring that everyone goes home unscathed.
Essential First Aid Kit Items for Home Bakers
A well-prepared first aid kit is an essential tool for any home baker. Accidents can happen at any time, and having the necessary supplies on hand can make a significant difference in the outcome of minor injuries.
How to Save a Choking Baby
Choking is a frightening situation that demands immediate action. Babies are particularly vulnerable to choking hazards. In such a critical moment, knowing how to react can be the difference between a minor scare and a life-threatening emergency.
Towel Mistake That Could Cause Drowning
With the weather warming up, many people are heading back to the water. There is, however, one common thing that many people do which is putting your child’s life in danger.
5 Dangerous Chemicals in Your House and How To Treat Exposure
Within your own home, there is a surprising amount of dangerous chemicals that can cause severe damage to your health if you lack the knowledge of identifying and treating them. This article will provide an understanding of common household acids, their symptoms when they come into contact with the skin, appropriate first aid treatment, and when to seek medical assistance.
Shock-Proof Your Home: Tips for Preventing Electric Shocks
Electric shocks can be dangerous and even deadly. Knowing how to identify electrical hazards, understanding home electrical safety tips, preparing for electrical emergencies, and taking a first aid course to help deal with electric shock injuries can help you shock-proof your home.
Electrical Hazards: Understanding Dangers and Safety
Electricity is a vital energy source used in various industrial and domestic settings. Understanding and awareness of the potential dangers of electricity in the workplace is crucial. Electrical hazards pose a significant risk to workers' safety, including the risk of electric shock, electrical burns, and arc flash.
Fire Safety Hazards: Definition, Identification, and Prevention
Fires can be devastating, causing damage to property and endangering lives. Identifying hazards is crucial to protecting property and lives.
Hazards on Australian Farms
This article goes over many different hazards to look out for on Australian farms, things like geographical isolation, solitary work, equipment and vehicles, chemicals, animals, and much more.
Quad Bike Safety, Injuries, and Maintenance
Quad bikes or ATVs, are the #1 cause of death and injury on Australian farms. This article explains how to safely ride and maintain your quad bike along with much more.
Australian Farm Animals - Adorable and Dangerous
From the unpredictable behaviour of livestock to encounters with venomous reptiles, it is essential for farmers and rural communities to equip themselves with the knowledge of first aid measures, enabling them to respond effectively to animal-related incidents.
Farm Vehicles and Machinery - Injuries and Safety
Vehicles and machinery, the backbone of agricultural operations, possess immense potential for productivity and progress. Their existence also brings many risks, posing a constant challenge to the safety of those who operate these large machines.
Dust: the Hidden Australian Farm Menace
Dust, an insidious adversary, sweeps across the arid plains and into the lungs of Australian farms, leaving in its wake a trail of hazardous consequences that farmers and rural communities must grapple with daily.
Chemical Safety on Australian Farms
As the saying goes, the dose makes the poison. Everything is a chemical, but the dose of that chemical is what can make it dangerous. Farm work often requires handling large amounts of chemicals - ensuring all workers are using chemicals safely will help mitigate potentially harmful exposures.
Biological Hazards in the Workplace: A Comprehensive Guide for Australian Workers
Biological hazards are often easy to overlook because they may not be visible to the naked eye. Ensuring you know the signs to look for, and ways to treat injuries caused by biological hazards, is important for all workpalces.
Managing Occupational Hearing Hazards
Unmanaged noise, vibration, and ototoxic chemicals in the workplace can lead to occupational hearing loss. Damage to the ears can be immediate or evolving, and can be permanent. It is important to identify and manage risks associated with hearing loss in the workplace.
Stay Healthy with These 4 Food Safety Tips: Preventing Foodborne Illness and Protecting Your Health
Learn how to prevent foodborne illness and protect your health with these four food safety tips, including the importance of maintaining cleanliness when handling food and avoiding cross-contamination.
Ensuring Safe and Quality Food: The Importance of Food Safety Training for the Food Industry
Learn about the critical aspects of food safety training to ensure safe and high-quality food. Proper training covers essential topics such as food handling, first aid, food storage, processing, and distribution. It is crucial for individuals involved in the food industry to be knowledgeable about the risks of foodborne illness and the various types of food poisoning, such as Salmonella, E. coli, and Listeria. Understanding the symptoms and prevention methods is vital to safeguarding public health and preventing severe health issues associated with foodborne illnesses.
The Dangers of Food Poisoning: Understanding the Risks, Symptoms, and Prevention Strategies
Food poisoning is a serious hazard that affects millions of people worldwide. Contaminated food or drinks can cause mild to severe symptoms, and in some cases, it can even be fatal. In Australia, an estimated 4.1 million cases of food poisoning occur each year, with around 31,920 people hospitalized and approximately 86 deaths annually. Symptoms of food poisoning can range from nausea and vomiting to dehydration and organ failure. Practicing proper food safety measures can help prevent food poisoning and protect yourself and your loved ones.
Dealing with Food Poisoning: Common Symptoms, Causes, and First Aid Treatments
Learn about the causes, symptoms, and first aid treatments for food poisoning. Food poisoning, also known as foodborne illness, can occur when contaminated food or drink is consumed. Symptoms range from mild to severe, including nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, fever, headache, fatigue, and dehydration. Prevent food poisoning by practicing proper food safety. Symptoms usually develop within hours to days after consumption and can persist for up to 48 hours or longer. Seek medical attention if symptoms are severe or persistent.
Lightning Radars and Avoiding Lightning Strikes
Lightning radars are used to track electrical activity during storms. They can be used to prepare for damage to electrical networks and to reduce your risk of a lightning strike. Lightning strikes can cause severe long-term impacts, such as difficulty thinking and concentrating.
Take the Right Steps to Survive in the Wild: A Guide to Wilderness First Aid
Wilderness first aid is an essential skill for anyone who plans to spend time in the great outdoors. This guide will cover identifying and treating common injuries, staying healthy in the wild, responding to emergencies, and the benefits of taking a wilderness first aid course. Knowing what to do in an emergency can help you stay safe and healthy during your time in the wilderness.
Fact Sheet on Fruit Bats - Adelaide
A relatively new addition to the forest ecosystems of Adelaide, the Grey-headed flying-fox (also known as the fruit bat), is the largest bat species in Australia. They can transmit several deadly diseases, including the Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV).
How to Reduce Your Risk of Being Struck by Lightning
Though being struck by lightning might seem far-fetched, over one hundred people in Australia are injured by lightning strikes every year. Injuries can include cardiac arrest, neurological damage, and skin burns. Luckily, there are ways to reduce your risk of being struck by lightning.
Common Workout Injuries and How to Prevent Them
Regular exercise is important to our overall wellbeing. However, exercise injuries can occur when people use incorrect technique, or overload their body too much. It is important to know how to avoid these injuries, as they can lead to long-term complications
5 Most Common Childhood Injuries
Very rarely can children sit still for long. As such, they are regularly plagued by five injuries in particular. It is important to know these injuries, so preventative action can be taken.
Physical Health Risks of Working from Home
Working from home exploded in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Working from home can help workers establish a better work-life balance. However, it can also lead to numerous physical issues, which can be avoided.
How to Stay Safe at the Snow
Winter is well and truly upon us, and many people are taking advantage by heading to the snow. Though the snow provides a great opportunity to enjoy the outdoors, it does pose its own unique risks. It's important to know these risks to safeguard your wellbeing.
How Alcohol Affects You: A Guide to Drinking Safely
Alcohol is a big part of Australian social and cultural tradition. Many of us turn to a glass of wine or bottle of beer to wind down after a long day at work. However, it's important to know the principles of safe drinking, as people can and have died from intoxication.
Baby Proofing Essentials: What You Need to Know to Get Started Today
Baby proofing is the act of implementing safety features and removing hazards in your living spaces to maximise the safety of children and babies. Baby proofing is important, as children aged 0-4 have the highest rates of injury death.
9 Golden Rules of Safety on the Hiking Trail
Hiking is best enjoyed when everyone looks out for their safety and that of others. Even a trek planned by seasoned hikers is not without risk. All members of a hiking party are vulnerable to minor inconveniences, such as scrapes, sunburn, and insect bites, as well as more serious perils, such as fractures, heat strokes, and anaphylactic shock.
Accidents on the Red Carpet
The 2022 Billboard Music Awards were recently held on Sunday 15 May. No accidents were reported at this event, save for a few fashion mishaps and some awkward celebrity encounters. However, that does not mean that red carpets are immune to accidents.
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.
Election Accidents that could have Ended in Disaster
During the election process, politicians are on the move constantly to garner publicity and support, which can increase their risk of accidents. Over the years, many politicians have been impacted by accidents that could have derailed their election hopes.
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 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.
Bushfire – when is it safe to stay and defend your home?
Staying to defend your home when bushfire threatens, can put your family at risk. This article discusses the relevant considerations. Always put your safety first.
Defending shark attacks
Shark-spotting drones will again operate during the summer of 2021/22, following successful trials in 2017/18 and 2018/19. Surfing NSW will also gain another 20 or so drones to add to the fleet of shark-spotting drones already delivered by Surf Life Saving NSW.
Types of Sharks in Australia
Shark diversity in Australia is one of the richest in the world. Australian waters are home to the 3 most deadly sharks responsible for almost all recorded shark attacks in Australia, namely the Great Whites, Tiger Sharks, and Bull Sharks.
Shark Attack First Aid
After a shark attack, the greatest risk is bleeding out. Stopping the bleed is a priority in shark attack first aid. You can bleed out from an amputated limb in under 5 minutes.
A Guide to Safer Hiking in Australia
With a little preparation, a decent first aid kit, and some good-quality first aid training, you can set off to see the Great Outdoors and live to talk about it.
Surviving Shark Bite
Arresting the blood flow after a shark mauls a person can seem a superhuman order. Our bodies have, on average, 4.5 to 5.5 litres of blood. Bleeding needs to be stopped ASAP. Dr. Jon Cohen has advanced training in Emergency Medicine and an abiding interest in making the seeming-impossible, possible.
How to Treat Poisoning
Every year thousands of Australians seek medical attention due to either being poisoned outdoors or in the home, which is why our team have provided these valuable tips for poison safety.
Preventing Accidents in the Home
More than half (54%) of all emergency department presentations are for injuries that happened in the home. Keep yourself and your loved ones safe from common household accidents and injuries by implementing the measures listed in this article.
4 Safety tips you need to know when Bushwalking
Lovers of trekking and backpacking come from North America as well as ramblers from the UK, drawn to the gorgeous coastal wilderness and outback of our wide brown land.
Keeping Children Safe during Field Trips
That one day spent on a field trip, experiencing things that are out of the ordinary, could teach them lessons that they wouldn’t have learned as well in school.
How to Make Your Home Safer for Children
Children can be surprisingly accident prone inside an otherwise safe home environment. Such accidents have become so common and have such serious ramifications, that child safety organisations have labelled them a major public health threat.
6 Tips for Electrical Safety
The following safety tips will provide a good reference to best practices for Australian renovators, tradies, and electricians.
Lightning Strikes
When you see a lightning flash and less than 30 seconds later, you hear thunder, it's too close for comfort. When a person is struck by lightning, dial 000 for emergency medical help. The victim will not retain an electrical charge, so it's safe to touch them.
Inland Waterway Safety
To provide a safe environment for yourself and your family, make sure you are aware of the possible dangers which exist in and around inland waterways
How to be SunSmart
Being in the sun can be fun, but taking precautions to ensure safety from diseases and other sicknesses is nessessary.
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.
Ready to put it into practice?
Nationally accredited first aid courses with same-day certificates.