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2019 News
Ditch the car for local trips and walk to the shops. If it’s safe and you are able to, try and pick up the pace to get your heart rate up, returning to a slower pace before accelerating once again. It needn’t be a lot at the start, maybe just around the block. Visit the beach and stroll along the sand listening to the waves or visit a stately home and its grounds, for not only a great day out but it gets you off the chair and out and about.
‘Get on yer bike’ is an expression that has a lot of merit. Get those legs moving, your lungs going and hit the road, the fields or for the adventurous, the mountains with your bike.
Volunteer for a local charity, either to work in a charity shop or undertake some renovations for a good cause, you’ll be amazed how many daily steps you’ll take by just getting involved.
Clear out the ‘stuff’ you just don’t need and when you get stuck-in, not only will it give you a great sense of satisfaction and more personal space, it also gets you active.
Get ‘arty’ and visit galleries or museums. Make a day of it and fit in say, two and by finally getting round to going to a visitor attraction that’s always appealed, it will also lift your spirits and add to your steps.
It needn’t be about the gym or joining a golf club, the smallest things will make a difference your health and wellbeing. Just try and do one small thing per day and you’ll soon feel the benefits.
Phillip Davies, CEO of APLS Australia
has tendered his resignation after holding the role for the past eight
years. During his term as CEO, Phillip has contributed enormously to the
organisation’s growth and development, with APLS recognised as the Gold
Standard in paediatric resuscitation education across Australia. We wish
Phillip all the best and thank him for all his hard work, dedication and
commitment.We would like to welcome Rod Wealands who joins us as Interim CEO and who has had a long career in Higher Education and the Biomedical Research sector. During the following months, Rod will interrogate how the organisation is run and evaluate our processes in order to fulfil APLS’s long-term strategic goals. I’m sure you’ll join me in wishing him all the best.
Sue Wieteska, CEO ALSG
AGM 2019
Another successful AGM took place in ALSG’s Head Offices in Manchester on 4 July which was chaired by Peter-Marc Fortune, Vice Chair of the Charity’s Trustees. Introductions were made by CEO Sue Wieteska which was followed by ALSG’s Financial Director, Rachel Landsman who took everyone through the Annual Report & Accounts for 2018.
Updated 2e HMIMMS Course
Last week saw the launch of the newly updated Major Incident Medical Management & Support in the hospital setting. Initially candidates complete an online course in advance of the training which provides them with theoretical approaches.
This means when participants attend the course and join in the table top exercises, they have an excellent grasp of the structured approach and understand how to apply this to various scenarios presented to them. Here in the photo collage, are our candidates in action.
For more information on HMIMMS second edition please click here.
Volunteer Week - 1st-7th June 2019
1st June marks the start of Volunteer Week, volunteers are vital to ALSG. Our clinical experts who advise on our courses, outlining new developments to keep our training courses current, are all volunteers, tirelessly giving up their own time whilst many are working full time.
We are incredibly grateful to the thousands of healthcare professionals, who bring their expertise from all areas across the health service to the training courses we devise and deliver.
In addition, there are many volunteers in the UK and across the world helping across many different areas, transforming lives for so many and it’s wonderful they are being recognised in this small but important way.
Sue Wieteska
CEO, Advanced Life Support Group
PRESS STATEMENT - In response to Sir David Behan, Chair of HEE
An interesting statement today from Sir David Behan, Chair of HEE, whereby in an article in the Health Service Journal, he is surprised how “fragmented” education and training is, as well as citing there are some good relationships but there are regional variations with HEE teams with the employers.
ALSG, as a clinical training organisation, supports his suggestion for greater collaboration and recognises his acknowledgment that: “In any industry, there is always a temptation to raid the training budget to balance other budgets”.
Commenting on the article, Sue Wieteska, CEO at ALSG said: “With more than 25 years of experience in clinical training, ALSG understands the importance of training in supporting recruitment and retention of staff, increasing job satisfaction, staff confidence and improving patient safety. ALSG’s training courses not only focus on saving lives, they also provide employers with the reassurance that their teams have been taught a standardised, internationally recognised, safe approach to dealing with emergencies in all patients, wherever they are based in the UK and around the World.”
Young Carer's Day - 31st January 2019
Today is Young Carer’s Day and it’s heartening that these young people are recognised for their continuing care of loved ones, many of whom take on enormous responsibilities at a very young age.
Through the SAFE Community programme – ELFS and IMPS (@oxfordIMPS1) – ALSG has been providing training to school children in Salford to equip them with the skills and confidence to respond to an accident or emergency at home or in the community. Committed to providing ongoing basic life support training to the community and helping save lives, ALSG has continued to deliver basic life support training within the community, training 2,400 Salford residents since 2016.
SAFE trains children and young people to follow a standardised approach, following a system which is simple to understand in order to offer these young carers the maximum support.
- Triage conference 2019
