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Podcasts

Click on any of the MP3 links below to play the audio files which have been prepared by Sussex Ambulance Service and comply with European Resuscitation Council Guidelines:

  • Burns - Explains the immediate treatment for burns and scalds.
  • Fits - How to deal with fits (convulsions/seizures) in adults and young children.
  • Wounds - Immediate actions for wounds, bleeding, and bleeding associated with fractures.
  • Unconscious patient who is breathing - How to deal with an unrousable patient who IS breathing (includes recovery position)
  • CPR for adults - Adults who have collapsed, unrousable and NOT breathing.
  • CPR for babies - Babies who are unrousable and NOT breathing.
  • Collapsed patient in detail - Explains the complete scenario including checks for breathing, circulation, etc.

 

NHS Health Encyclopedia
Click here to go to the NHS Health Encyclopedia which allows you to access information and advice on a range of conditions, surgical procedures, medications, and health issues.

Some of the most popular health encyclopaedia topics have been translated into other languages. You can access these topics by clicking on the image in the bottom left hand corner of every page on the website.

 

NHS Online Self Help Guide
Click here to access this online diagnostic tool.

 

Common Health Questions
Click here to get answers to commonly asked health and medical questions direct from the NHS.

 

Non-English Speakers
These fact sheets have been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. It covers issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.

Special care has been taken to ensure that information is given in clear language, and the content and style has been tested with user groups.

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Live Health News

BBC News | Health | World Edition
Get the latest BBC Health News: breaking health and medical news from the UK and around the world, with in-depth features on well-being and lifestyle.

Self-help 'makes you feel worse'
Bridget Jones is not alone in turning to self-help mantras to boost her spirits, but a study warns they may have the opposite effect.
WHO warns swine flu 'unstoppable'
The UN's top health official tells a swine flu forum in Mexico that the spread of the virus worldwide is now unstoppable.
Solo life ups gene dementia risk
People who have a gene flaw and live alone in middle-age are at highest risk of developing dementia, a study suggests.
Flu risk for indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples, such as Aborigines and Native Americans, have a higher risk from swine flu, experts warn.
Four pints 'increase health risk'
Men who drink four pints of beer a week could be increasing their lifetime risk of needing hospital treatment, a study says.
Warning over fake Tamiflu sales
People should not buy anti-flu drug Tamiflu over the internet without a prescription, experts warn.
Gene clues to schizophrenia risk
Scientists identify thousands of tiny genetic variations which raise the risk of schizophrenia.
India media hails gay sex ruling
The Indian media hails a ruling by a court ruling decriminalising homosexuality in the country
US obesity problem 'intensifies'
Obesity rates in the US have surged over the last year with numbers rising in 23 out of 50 states, a report shows.
Could honeybee venom ease arthritis pain?
A New Zealand company seeks EU approval to market honeybee venom to help people with arthritis ease their pain.
Lung research
'I was given common cold virus to help others'
Fight for life
Palestinian film of woman's fight for cancer treatment
Fergus On Flu
Flu predictions should come with a health warning
Scraping by
Cash crisis leaves Ukrainian hospitals relying on charity
Medical notes
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