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Health and Safety Course
We are proud to be able to extend our range of courses to provide the CIEH Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the workplace. This great course will commence from March 2008.
Click here for more information - CIEH LEVEL 2 Health and Safety

23/2/2008

COURSE DATES 2008!

The course dates for our open courses are up and running for 2008.

We have been looking at all of our First Aid courses and have developed a series of programmes to give a more "hands on" approach. We fell this is by far the best way to learn, what is fundamentally, a practical skill.

2007 saw us train more delegates in First Aid than ever before, and we aim to have even more in 2008.

Our on-going support and guidance to all delegates has been very successful. We are always here to answer any query or question you have, and if you have had to use your First Aid Skills we are more than happy to hear from you.

We are also happy to provide in house courses, so please contact us if you would like to do the First Aid training on your premises.

15/11/2007

Congratulations!!

STS would like to offer our warmest congratulations to David and Joanne Simpson. The happy pair tied the knot on the 10th August and we wish them all the happiness life can bring them.

David has been part of the STS team for 20 years and the rest of the team were lucky enough to see them walk down the aisle and thier happy day!

Judyth Simpson, our Managing Director, even made the cake for them!!

Best of luck for the future!!

From all the STS Team

11/8/2007

Fire Awareness Courses

STS have extended the range of courses to provide a Fire Awareness Programme.

Fire Emergency is the number one cause for building evacuation in the country and it is imperitive that your staff are trained on fire safety principles.

The Training is totally bespoke to suit your place of work. Our tutor has over 30 years of working as a London Fire Brigade Station officer.

Please go to courses for further information

17/2/2007

20 Year Anniversary!

Its our Birthday!! STS First Aid have now been delivering First Aid courses for 20 years.

We would like to thank all people who have trained with us, and we look forward to the next 20 years! We care for all out customers and we are pleased to call many of our clients, friends.

As a special thank you, we will be having many special offers throughout the year, so make sure you visit the site regularly to see how you can benefit.

Thanks again to everyone who has made STS one of the leading First Aid providers in the South of England.

21/1/2007

Workplace deaths fall to record low

LONDON (Reuters) - The number of people fatally injured at work fell to record lows this year, official figures showed on Thursday.

The Health and Safety Executive said 212 people were killed at work in 2005/6, 11 less than last year. The rate of deaths also fell to an all-time low of about 7 in every million.

Construction and agriculture accounted for almost half of those killed, with falls from height the most common cause, although both industries suffered fewer deaths.
"The figures are very encouraging but more needs to be done," said Bill Callaghan, chairman of the HSE.

"There are still too many people killed at work every year, and quite often simple, inexpensive measures could have prevented the tragic loss of life."

Britain has the lowest rate of workplace fatal injury in the European Union, according to the HSE, but unions have called for more to be done to improve safety and to bring negligent employers before the courts.

"Unless directors realistically face the prospect of jail when their negligence causes death, the culture in certain industries will never change," said Tony Woodley, general secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union.

13/10/2006

First Aid Guidelines

First aid guidelines in the UK have been revised and improved over the past few months after extensive scientific reviews. The new guidelines are designed to make simplify First aid procedures and make them more accessible to a wider audience.

The current techniques are still effective, but STS First Aid promote the most current techniques to keep us at the forefront of First Aid Training.

Changes affect primarily CPR and choking, but there are other aspects that are also developing.

Please feel free to contact us with regards to the new protocols and techniques and discuss and questions you may have with regards to the latest First Aid developments.

Have you tried the new CPR - What are your thoughts? Email us and let us know

Please call us on: 0207 987 1227
or email us on: info@sts-firstaid.co.uk

2/1/2007

The History of First Aid

First Aid is the immediate and temporary proper aid provided to a sick or injured person or animal until medical treatment can be provided. It generally consists of series of simple, life-saving medical techniques that an individual without formal medical training can be trained to perform with minimal equipment.

History of First Aid.

The Knights Hospitaller were probably the first to specialize in battlefield care for the wounded. Similarly, knights founded the Order of St. John in the 11th century to train other knights specifically how to treat common battlefield injuries.St. John Ambulance was formed in 1877 to teach first aid (a term devised by the order) in large railway centres and mining districts. The order and its training began to spread throughout the British Empire and Europe. As well, in 1859 Henry Dunant helped organize villagers in Switzerland to help victims of the Battle of Solferino.

Four years later, four nations met in Geneva and formed the organization which has grown into the Red Cross. Developments in first aid and many other medical techniques have been fueled in large by wars: the American Civil War prompted Clara Barton to organize the American Red Cross. Today, there are several groups that promote first aid, such as the military and the Scouting movement. New techniques and equipment have helped make today's first aid simple and effective.

1/1/2007