First aid: how to react in the event of drowning?
Drowning can affect all age groups but is the leading cause of accidental death among children. THE ESSENTIAL 1,300 drownings ...
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Heart attack: “the risk of calling for help too late is 40% higher in women than in men”
The median time to first call for help following chest pain is 120 minutes for women and 84 minutes for ...
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Epileptic seizure: what to do to help someone who is convulsing
What first aid should you give when you witness someone having an epileptic seizure? THE ESSENTIAL Epilepsy is a common ...
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PSSM: mental health first aid, what is it?
The Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) program is growing. But what is it ? Joséphine Arrighi de Casanova, first aider ...
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Cardiac massage: all the information you need to know to do it perfectly
First aid procedures, cardiopulmonary resuscitation or cardiac massage, are not sufficiently known to the population. Yet many lives could be ...
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Earthquake: why the first 72 hours are crucial for rescuers
In first aid, the deadline of 72 hours is a decisive period of time to find survivors still alive after ...
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How to do cardiac massage?
Many lives could be saved if the first aid gestures were better known to the population, starting with cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ...
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“Anyone can use a defibrillator!”
Since January 1, 2022, almost all places open to the public must be equipped with defibrillators. But how can these ...
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Return of road accidents: here are the 6 gestures that save
Who says resumption of social life says for many a return to car journeys, with the accidents that go with ...
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The status of “citizen rescuer” protects all those who provide first aid
The status of “rescuer citizen” was introduced by law on July 3. It is not based on any specific training ...
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Prevention: what is the first aid in mental health presented by the government?
On the occasion of its health prevention plan, the government announced that it wanted to introduce training in first aid ...
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Help: young people do not know emergency procedures
Few of high school and college students know how to use a defibrillator and practice first aid, according to a ...
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Defibrillators: MEPs vote in favor of their extension
Unanimously, the deputies voted in favor of an obligation to install cardiac defibrillators in certain places open to the public. ...
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Saving gestures: a great national cause
The gestures which save obtain the label of great national cause. An information campaign will be relayed from September 24.First ...
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Heart attack: unequal French people face the chances of survival
Great inequalities in access to automatic defibrillator and first aid measures persist in France. A real bad luck for heart ...
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Drowning: Dr Jean-Lionel Bagot decorated for his bravery
On vacation in the Côtes d'Armor, the Strasbourg doctor had saved 3 teenagers from drowning. A year later, the prefecture ...
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First aid: the Red Cross goes out to meet holidaymakers
From July 22 to August 20, the Caravan of the Red Cross stops in 9 French towns to inform and ...
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Biscarrosse: a drone against drowning at sea
The Helper drone will accompany rescuers on the beaches of Biscarrosse this summer. Piloted by a rescuer, he can throw ...
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Dr. Heimlich saves a woman with his famous maneuver
At 96, the surgeon saved the life of a resident of his retirement home by performing his technique which expels ...
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Training in saving gestures: the French backwardness
Only one in two French people is trained in first aid. Faced with this too low number, training in saving ...
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First aid: free training in Paris
The town hall of Paris is launching the “Samedi Qui Sauve” operation in order to train Parisians in first aid ...
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World Trade Center: 2,500 cancers among rescuers and workers
The attacks of September 11, 2001 killed more than 2,900 people. To this should be added the many rescuers who ...
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A320 crash: firefighters victims of inhaled kerosene
For days, firefighters worked at the site of the air disaster in the French Alps. Two months later, some point ...
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Learning cardiac massage could save 100,000 lives per year
The general public must be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, says a German researcher. This simple massage would double or even ...
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Stroke: the death rate varies greatly by region
Several French regions have death rates from stroke significantly higher than the national average. This is the case in particular ...
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Stroke: learning to detect warning signs from childhood
Little is known about the warning signs of stroke, yet 130,000 French people are victims of it each year. On ...
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World Day: the 1st symptoms of stroke
Little is known about the warning signs of stroke, yet 130,000 French people are victims of it each year. On ...
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A majority of French people ignore the gestures that save
According to a survey, most French people would not know what to do if they were victims or witnesses of ...
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