Paralysis ticks are likely to make their presence felt in Spring and Summer especially. Make no mistake, this tick is not to be easily dismissed. It is a danger to […]
Unfortunately, 291 people drowned in Australian waterways between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. From 291 lives lost, males claimed 238 of these lives compared to 53 females. Inland […]
Women are less likely to survive a heart attack than men, according to new statistics from the Heart Foundation which show men suffering twice as many heart attacks as women […]
Australia Wide First Aid has been recognised by the National Asthma Council Australia for their achievement and excellence in the 2014 Excellence in Asthma and Allergy Reporting Awards, overnight in […]
National Asthma Week: 1-7 September 2014 This week, Australia Wide First Aid is teaming up with the National Asthma Council, Australia to help encourage you to put yourself in charge, […]
National Diabetes Week is a whole week dedicated to increasing public awareness of the seriousness of type 2 diabetes and to draw attention to the increasing number of Australia’s developing […]
The survival rate of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is extremely low. Outside of a hospital setting, less than 8% of people survive cardiac arrest. In locations with Automated External Defibrillators […]
Measles, being one of the most infectious of all communicable diseases, is causing health authorities to fear a severe outbreak of the disease in Queensland, with 41 confirmed cases being diagnosed this year.