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BlogLifesaving tips for medical emergencies
There are few situations more frightening than a medical emergency that you feel unprepared to handle. If someone suddenly becomes unconscious right in front of you would you know how to help? Are you confident...
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BlogAvoiding Unintentional Home Injuries 2
Did you know that home injuries are second only to road traffic accidents as a leading cause of trauma in children? In our last post we mentioned that trauma is the most likely cause...
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BlogAvoiding Unintentional Home Injuries
Many of us have at some point either heard of or even had first-hand experience of the horror of a child being scalded by boiling water or hot cooking oil in the home. The...
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BlogTrauma and other Medical Emergencies (Part 2)
Did you know that the most common cause of trauma in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is road traffic accidents (RTA)? Driving under the influence of alcohol is a major reason that drivers get involved in...
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BlogTrauma and other Medical Emergencies
It’s not uncommon that when you mention the word ‘trauma’, people tend to think immediately of a big emotional upheaval or damage. However, trauma, which simply means injury, can be physical, emotional, or both. The...
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BlogSickle Cell Disease (SCD)
We have in one point in time met someone that has been plagued by this disease or lost someone to this disease. However we are not fully aware of what it maybe, so today we...
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BlogStroke: How To Avoid A Medical Emergency
A stroke occurs when blood flow to a part of the brain stops. If blood flow is cut off for longer than a few seconds, the brain cannot get blood and oxygen. Part of the...
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