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The repetitive stress or acute trauma which is associated with athletic activities results sports injuries. Sports injuries can affect bones or soft tissue (ligaments, muscles, tendons) can be affected by sports injuries. Children are more prone to sports injuries than adults because of their immature reflexes and underdeveloped coordination. Their vulnerability is heightened by the inability to recognize and evaluate risks. Almost 95 out of 100 sports injuries are minor soft tissue traumas. Bruise or contusion is the most common sports injury. Bruise is caused when blood collects at the site of an injury and discolors the skin. Almost one-third of all sports injuries account to Sprains.

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» Why do you need first training

By Graeme Cosofarle | Published 04/1/2006 | First Aid |

Trainees should develop skills through the use of manikins and trainee partners. Trainees should be exposed to acute injury and illness settings as well as the suitable response to those settings through the use of visual aids. Training should include a course workbook which discusses first aid principles and responses to settings that need interventions. It should permit enough time for particular emphasis on situations likely encountered in particular workplaces. Stress on quick response to first aid situations should be incorporated throughout the program.

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» Home First Aid Kit

By Graeme Cosofarle | Published 03/30/2006 | First Aid |

The home is the safest place on earth for everyone, but then we do not live in good old times when the homes were nothing but caves carved out of stone and with nothing inside them. Today, homes are filled with more gizmos than one could think of, not to mention the innumerable things scattered in and around each of the rooms.

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» First aid box

By Graeme Cosofarle | Published 03/30/2006 | First Aid |

Quite a number of people who have seen these new boxes in real life have used them. A first aid box is normally a very excitement item. They are well designed practical and hygienic to use. The box opens at a push button. The contents are immediately visible and easy to reach. The boxes come in two sizes. The firs aid box is handy to have either in the car or at the home. It has locking container for plaster bandages etc which will come in handy.

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» Spider bite first aid kit

By Graeme Cosofarle | Published 03/30/2006 | First Aid |

Signs and symptoms of an insect bite results from the injection of venom or other substances into the skin. The venom triggers allergic reaction. The severity of the reaction depends on your sensitivity to the insect venom or substance. Most reactions to insect bites are mild, causing nothing more than an annoying itching or stinging sensation and mild swelling that disappear within a day or so. A delayed reaction to the bite may cause fever, hives, painful joints and swollen glands. Only a small percentage of people develop severe reactions to insect venom. The signs and symptoms of a severe reaction include facial swelling, difficulty breathing and shock.

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