Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, is a life-saving technique that involves giving rescue breaths and chest compressions to victims with cardiac arrest. CPR helps deliver a small amount of oxygen and blood movement that delays brain damage until normal heart…

Your breathing and heartbeat can stop for a number of reasons, from heart attack to blood infections to accidents. However, death does not have to be the outcome. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, known as CPR, was developed to help increase your chances of survival.

One of the most rewarding and challenging jobs, a career in health care has plenty to offer.

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Every minute of every day, nursing and midwifery staff make a huge difference to millions of lives. Health care…

Being a registered nurse is a diverse and rewarding career in which you can really make a difference to people’s lives. Nurses act as a leader, carer and clinician, taking responsibility for the care they provide their patients.

Midwives work at the heart of the community, as the primary co-ordinator of care for all pregnant, labouring and postnatal women. They support, guide and care for mother, baby and family through the months of pregnancy, during the birth itself, and afterwards in the postnatal period.