Basic Emergency Life Support Casualty Assessment: A Plain-English DRSABCD Guide
It’s 2am on a supported independent living (SIL) overnight. The house is quiet, and you’re halfway through your shift notes when you hear a thud from the lounge room. Your client’s slumped sideways in his recliner. You say his name. Nothing. Your heart’s pounding like a drum and your mind just goes blank. That exact […]
Chain of Survival First Aid: The 4 Links That Save a Life
A bloke collapses in the staff kitchen. Nobody saw it coming, he was fine five minutes ago, and now he’s on the floor and not breathing right. What happens in the next few minutes decides whether he goes home to his family or doesn’t. Not the ambulance crew screaming down the highway. Not the hospital. […]
ARC Guidelines Resuscitation: 2026 Update Explained
You’re mid-shift and somebody in the tearoom mentions the anaphylaxis protocol’s different now. No memo, no email, just word passed corridor to corridor the way it always gets passed in this industry. And that’s the moment you start wondering if you actually know what’s in the current ARC guidelines resuscitation protocols, or if you’ve just […]
Advanced Resuscitation Protocol: What It Is & Why It Matters
You’re the most senior clinician on the floor. The crash cart is in front of you, the team is ready, and the registrar is four minutes out. In that moment, the advanced resuscitation protocol isn’t a document — it’s everything you’ve trained to recall under pressure. Not the half-remembered in-service from six months ago. Not […]
How to Resuscitate Someone When You’re Alone: A Step-by-Step Guide
You’re the only person in the room. Someone collapses. Do you actually know what to do next — or do you know what you think you’d do? There’s a version of that question most clinicians have answered in their head a hundred times. And then there’s what actually happens when the theory meets a real […]
AED Training Course: What’s Included, Who It’s For & How to Enrol in 2026
You’ve responded to cardiac arrests. You’ve run the algorithm under pressure. So why does a gap still sit at the back of your mind every time the arrest alarm sounds? For a lot of experienced nurses, it’s not clinical ability they’re questioning. It’s whether their certified record of that ability would actually hold up — […]
Resuscitation Guidelines 2026: What’s Changed and What It Means for Your Practice
It’s 02:47. Bay 6. The team is looking at you. You call the algorithm from memory — the same one you learned three years ago. You run the sequence, you call the drugs, you lead. What you don’t know is that two of those steps were quietly updated eight months ago. That’s not a hypothetical. […]
Bag-Valve-Mask Ventilation: Step-by-Step Guide for 2026
The arrest alarm fires in bay 6. You’re the most senior nurse on the floor, the registrar is four minutes out, and the team is looking at you. You call for the BVM, seat the mask, squeeze the bag — and in the back of your mind, a quiet question surfaces: am I actually doing […]
