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First Aid Advice for Key Workers

We have set out some guidance for Key Workers who are acting as a nominated First Aider during the current outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Update: HSE Extension to the validity of First Aid qualifications due to coronavirus

The Health and Safety Executive have today announced that they will be offering a three-month extension to the validity of First Aid qualifications.

Making our First Aid training courses safer.

During the current outbreak COVID-19, we want to reassure all of our clients that we are taking all possible precautions whilst still providing essential first aid training. We want to ensure that our clients have no doubts as to how we will be doing this and have put together a 10-step process that will be […]

COVID-19: First Aid Training Update

As you will be aware, the UK Government have issued further advice for the public and workplaces in relation to COVID-19. The government has advised against ‘social gatherings’ and for people to work from home ‘where possible’. Also the advice for those who should self-isolate has been increased. Our current advice is that first aid training […]

How to get involved in World Restart a Heart Day

Amalgamate are delighted to be supporting World Restart a Heart Day on the 16th October 2019, here are some ways you can get involved too. Running Sessions The British Heart Foundation has various ways of getting yourself, your community, work or school involved. If you want to attend or volunteer to assist in the running […]

Why is it is important get involved in World Restart a Heart Day?

As we approach World Restart a Heart Day on the 16th October 2019. The British Heart Foundation has published figures showing that around 30,000 people will have an out-of-hospital heart attack, and therefore will be reliant on the public to assist them until they receive help from the emergency services. It could come as a […]

Amalgamate are supporting World Restart A Heart Day!

What will we be doing? Going back to school We are super excited to be taking part in World Restart a Heart Day this year and have booked in as many sessions as we can handle. This week Amalgamate are going back school at Saint Matthews Academy in Saltcoats and St Benedict’s Roman Catholic […]

Working with Ayrshire Councils – Making First Aid Courses a Top Priority

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve been chosen as the preferred supplier for the First Aid Training Framework for North Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire Councils. Over the next 3 years, Amalgamate will be providing a full array of first aid courses to council employees, including First Aid at Work, Emergency First at Work, AED (Defibrillator) Training, and specialised […]

Manual Handling Training Course – Protect Your Back!

Musculo-skeletal injuries, including those caused by manual handling, account for more than a third of all work-related illnesses, and cause over 8 million days absence per year. The average length of absence is 16 days – what sort of impact would that have on your business? One of the key things that you can do to […]

First Aid Training – 3 days to learn how to save a life

In the UK, thousands of people die every year in incidents where first aid could have saved them, if only there was someone there who knew how to help. The sad fact is that many people don’t know even the basics of first aid. In the workplace though, this is countered by legislation requiring that trained first […]