With an average of 120 drownings in Ireland every year it is vital to know how to stay safe. Read our advise on water safety to help you stay safe.
Bee and Wasp Stings
Wasps are particularly aggressive in the late summer and warmer early autumn months. For most people a wasp sting will wear off within 24 hours and can easily be treated. …
Why Button Batteries are so Dangerous?
Why Button Batteries are so Dangerous? Button batteries burn. Often, the first anyone knows that a child swallowed a button battery is when they start vomiting blood. Sadly, this is…
Top Tips to keep safe this Halloween
Top Tips to keep safe this Halloween As Autumn descends, there are usually so many festivities to look forward to, this year things will certainly be very different but for…
Fire Safety in the home
Fire Safety in the home In 2019 there was 16 lives lost from fires in the home. A home can be consumed by flames in less than four minutes. Small…
Common Myths about AED’s
Common Myths about AED's In Ireland approximately 5,000 people die each year from sudden cardiac arrest each year. 70% of cardiac arrests in Ireland occur outside of a hospital. If…
Safe Manual Handing
Manual handling might not seem high risk but the fact is a third of all workplace injuries reported to the Health Service Authorities (HSA) are caused by manual handling activities,…
Sunburn Heat Exhaustion & Heatstroke
How to avoid Sunburn, Heat Exhaustion & Heatstroke as temperatures rise this weekend… With temperatures rising this weekend in Ireland it is important to be aware of the effects of…