Improvements to online courses

We have made many improvements to our video online courses adding adaptive tests and training questions.  These will make the testing much better and all test questions are different for each student.  It allows us to ensure also that each student has to get a set number right in each section.

There is also a remedial section after the course so they can see the videos again where they got questions wrong as well as reading more text on that subject. All students still have access to the site for 8 months, free PDF student manual and other benefice.

There will be more changes happening soon with new videos being added.  Selling online courses will increase the courses that you can offer and it will also increase the classroom or blended courses that you sell.  Online training is not to replace classroom courses but if someone wants online you would be better to offer them and earn rather than them going to another provider. You can set up prices down to £14.95 plus VAT and lower prices are available via us. If you need any help in marketing online courses please contact us.

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British Heart Foundation is promoting ‘no kissing, just hard CPR’

The British Heart Foundation is urging people to forget “mouth-to-mouth” and to concentrate on chest compressions when performing CPR.  ”Hands-only CPR” has previously been supported by the Resuscitation Council (UK).  But it is now being promoted in a new advertising campaign featuring footballer-turned-actor Vinnie Jones.  New polling by the BHF suggests many feel worried about the idea of giving the “kiss of life”.

Watch the video click here and register on our new blog for more detailed updates at www.instructorblogs.co.uk  This is nothing new in our training and the course is taught the same and full CPR training must still be trained.

The official position of the BHF is now that anyone who does not have CPR training should ignore the kiss of life in favour of hard and fast compressions in the centre of the chest.   A new poll conducted across the UK and involving 2,000 respondents showed nearly half were put off from performing CPR because of a lack of knowledge.

A fifth worried specifically about the thought of the kiss of life or about contracting an infectious disease.  Four in 10 people were worried about being sued if they did something wrong, even though the BHF argues no such case has ever succeeded in Britain.   ”The kiss of life can often be daunting for untrained bystanders who want to help when someone has collapsed with a cardiac arrest,” said Ellen Mason, senior cardiac nurse at the BHF.

She said the kiss of life remained the “gold standard” of CPR, but added if a person had not had training the best option would be to just do chest compressions.

Bee Gees hit  -  The BHF is also suggesting people hum to the Bee Gees hit Stayin’ Alive, to get the tempo of chest compressions right, although others have in recent months questioned whether this is appropriate, suggesting it may lead to compressions which are too shallow.  The new BHF advert features Vinnie Jones in his traditional hardman guise, administering chest compressions to a Bee Gees backbeat after being thrown an unconscious body by his henchmen.

Commenting on the new campaign, he said: “There really shouldn’t be any messing about when it comes to CPR. If you’re worried about the kiss of life just forget it and push hard and fast in the centre of the chest.

“Hands-only CPR should give have-a-go heroes the confidence to step in and help when somebody is in cardiac arrest.”  Ms Mason said everyone should learn what to do: “Thirty thousand people have a cardiac arrest in the UK every single year and half of those are witnessed, but in most cases no-one acts, no-one knows what to do, people panic.  ”If it was us, we would all want our loved ones and ourselves to be saved, wouldn’t we?”

More information http://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-health/life-saving-skills/hands-only-cpr.aspx and http://blog.protrainings.eu

Jext Auto Injector for Anaphylaxis Treatment

We have adapted all our Anaphylaxis courses to include the new Jext Auto Injector. This auto injector is not a “new version of the epi-pen” it is a different brand and has a lot of benefits over other auto injectors.

• Longer shelf life of 2 years
• Better temperature range allowing for a more stable drug
• Needle cover when activated
• Comes in a case to keep safe
• Simply put on the leg then pushed to fire the unit but could be used the same as an epi-pen if by mistake

If you look at our youtube channel you will find some training videos.  We have added a Anaphylaxis student manual to the course and updated the PowerPoint. You will need a Jext trainer and the Epi-Pen Trainer to show both systems.  The Jext is not available in all area’s yet but this is expanding rapidly across the country so both systems will be available next year and some retraining will be needed.  On completion of the ProTrainings Anaphylaxis course students will receive the free student manual and other features as well as the wall certificate/wallet card.  Jext trainers are available from our online first aid shop.

We will be adding Jext to our online sites in the New Year and adding a Anaphylaxis course online soon.

For more information please email support@protrainings.eu or call 01223 911805

Want to offer ProTrainings Courses in Fire, Health and Safety and Food Hygiene Awareness?

We have now launched our new classroom courses in the following subjects:

• Health & Safety Awareness
• Fire Safety Awareness
• Food Hygiene Awareness

You can register online by logging in as usual and on the first (home) page you will see the courses listed at £55.00 plus VAT.  These are the instructor upgrade.  You can complete the online course and then have access to the material.  Please then email the certificate to us so you can then start listing and teaching these new courses.

Other courses available in this way are Pet First Aid Instructor and Infection Control Instructor.  These upgrades are only available to approved instructors and the certificates are issued from your instructor dashboard in the usual way at £5 plus VAT each.  We hope that this will help you to be able to offer a wider range of courses to you your customers.

New logos for online courses to add to your sites now match student manual covers

We have changed the logos that you can create from the link/ad generator to bring them in line with the new manual covers for the courses. By adding these links to your sites will enable you to earn from e-learning courses that the links generate.  If you want to expand online sales and need any help please let us know.

Some examples are below and these will automatically change if you have them on your site already.

          

          

New website to keep you up to date, communicate with each other and allow us to target help to those who want it.

We have launched a new tool to keep you up to date and share ideas by launching a new blog.  The existing ITG blog will still be live but this is a little different. The problem we have is to keep you up to date with changes and ideas but not to keep filling your inbox with emails so we have added www.instructorblogs.co.uk so that you can find news and information and share ideas.

The new blog home page has general news and then there are seperate groups for different subjects, some are closed to people who are that type of instructor like Pet and Moving and Positioning of People.  Join all the groups that will be of interest and we then know who to help in these sectors.  You can comment and ask as well from the groups.

The ProTrainings group will cover all the small changes to our system and you are automatically a member of that group.  If there is a group you want to join but not qualified yet like Pet Instructor email me and i will send you details.

We have added live chat to the site for some questions online.

Added to this the new site has set everyone their own blog.  Now you all have a blog which can be used as a sales website or a good way of communicating with your customers. Having a blog to be part of our site will help you with Google placement and generating leads.

Go to www.instructorblogs.co.uk and log in with your ProTrainings details and start by joining groups and add me as a friend so that I know who is using the site and then we will direct marketing to the right people.

The site is new so you will see more updates so visit it often.  We will still email out other news form time to time and auto email updated from this ITG blog where registered.

Use the blog to ask questions and share ideas as the more ideas you have the more you will sell.  If you are in-house training only the site will be useful as it gives you the latest updates to the ProTrainings sites so you can benefit from the new features.

If you have any problems logging in or would like to become a ProTrainings Instructor please email rather than phone, thank you.

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New design company login page for your online customers and your business

We have re-designed the company corporate login page to improve it’s appearance. This is a page that you can login with rather than going direct to our online sites.  All instructors can have one to allow you to have a link from your site named “customer login” or “student login” and this link to your special page on our site with your logo and contact details.

Your address will be www.OurSiteName.co.uk/corporate/YourCompanyName for example www.profaw.co.uk/corporate/YourName.  From your instructor dashboard click the upload logo section and it will show you the link. Your logo that you have on the certificate will be displayed on the page and if you do not have a logo then all your other contact details will still be there.

If you do not have the address, email us and we can set this up for you.  This feature is ideal when you create a company who buy our online courses as they will have a dedicated page that says their details and even their logo.  You will find this an excellent selling point.  If you need any help with selling online courses or you need the link please email us.

New Form 1 – replaces 1,2 and 3 for HSE courses

To make the paperwork easier we have changed the HSE course check list forms so that there is now just one. Forms 1,2 and 3 have been made into one sheet to make it easier, so use the new form 1 (Version 2) that you can download from your instructor dashboard documents section and use from now on.

If you can also scan and upload all HSE course forms to the course it makes the monitoring much easier and we will not need to get in touch with you so much.  If you have any questions please email or call 01223 911805.  There are videos and course notes available as well on your dashboard if you need more information.

Data Protection

The Data Protection Act 1998 may be something that you think you do not need to worry about but this is not the case. You will all need to register with the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) but this is a simple process and can mostly be done online.  There is a charge which is currently £35 per year and you can register to pay by direct debit every year where they post you conformation annually just in case there are any changes to your registration. Most instructors will be tier 1 so don’t get confused by the two tier system.

Registering is only the first part, you also need to follow all the rules about safe storage of any data you hold on an individual or business. Take time to review your data protection policy and if you do not have a written policy, start one now. It is better to comply now than risk problems later.

More information can be found at www.ico.gov.uk 

New Stroke drug treatments being trailed in the UK form vampire bats

The problem with Stroke care drugs are that they must be administered within 4 hours and where delays happen in diagnosis  this time can pass causing life changing problems for the patient.  Doctors in the UK are trailing a new drug which is inspired by Vampire Bats.

The Vampire bat’s teeth make a hole where they consume blood and to make this easier their saliva contains a powerful agent to stop the blood clotting as the bat has to consume a minimum of half of it’s body weight in blood every night.

The natural agent in the bat’s saliva is called Desmoteplase which 13,000 times more powerful than the current treatments so allowing the treatment to start with 9 hours by destroying fibrin which is the basic material of the blood clot without causing other problems.  The human trials are being expanded as they are proving to be very successful in reducing or stopping brain damage caused by the clot in the brain.

The problem with any drug is making sure that there is time for it to be delivered and this is an important role of the first aider as they need to act FAST to get help without delay so that treatment can start. Currently a very small percentage of Stoke patients actually arrive at hospital within the current period.  This new drug should increase the number of people who can be treated and avoid life changing affects of Stroke.

The drug work very quickly and results can be seen with in 30 minutes. The trials will take 2-3 years to complete over 11 UK hospitals but high hopes are expected that this will change the way we treat strokes.

Learn more about first aid and strokes at www.protrainings.eu or www.procourses.co.uk

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