Workplace First Aid Blog
The importance of replacing expired first aid supplies
Keeping a well-stocked first aid kit is of the utmost importance when it comes to maintaining the health and safety of the people around you. Whether you work on a site with hazardous materials or in an office with risks of trips or falls, thousands of people each year are affected by common workplace injuries that require first aid treatment.
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Prioritising workplace health and wellbeing
Companies are now recognising their responsibility towards employee well-being. Research shows that poor health, due to absence and low productivity at work, costs the UK economy around £138 billion each year.
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Manager uses her mental health first aid skills to help save the life of a colleague
Jane (not her real name) is a manager. After attending a St John Ambulance mental health first aid course, she helped to save a colleague’s life by gently persuading them to attend counselling sessions offered by their employer.
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Lesser-known facts about hidden allergies in the workplace
After completing a first aid training course with St John Ambulance, you will be well acquainted with the concept, signs, symptoms and potential treatment of allergic reactions. And with this in mind, you’ll understand that there are several allergens in the workplace that can cause anaphylaxis, a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction.
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How you can help get more people first aid qualified
As a dedicated first aid charity, delivering lifesaving training and keeping as much of the population first aid qualified remains at the forefront of our mission. We want to ensure that a first aid trained person is on hand in the moments that matter, so that as a collective, together we can patch up wounds, treat burns and restart hearts across the nation.
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Where does workplace first aid belong in a hybrid world?
Working with Hope & Glory, using the help of One Poll, we conducted research with a sample group of 2000 employed adults who did not work from home before the pandemic. We wanted to understand the impact that working from home and hybrid working might have on first aid in the workplace as work-life as we know it changes.
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Exploring youth mental health in schools
The Growing Together campaign encourages children (and adults) to consider how they have grown and how they can help others to grow. In recent weeks, we conducted a focus group survey to give us some insight into how children's mental health is approached in schools and the support that staff get to deal with mental health in school.
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The ‘what’s and why’s’ of workplace resilience training
We put a series of questions to one of our long-term trainers, turned digital expert, to learn more about our resilience courses and the benefits they can bring to employees and the workplace.
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Your at-work guide to 'Blue Monday' & mental health
The third Monday of every January has been widely dubbed as “Blue Monday”, an endearing term for what is supposed to represent the most depressing day of the year (allegedly). Whether it's the post-holiday blues, cold weather, and financial strain. However, we understand that feelings such as low mood and depression aren’t directly linked to a static day during the calendar year.
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