What would you do if you got a cut or bite from a spider or insect? How will you handle it if you get a
Preventing accidents and ill health caused by work is a crucial priority for everyone. As the owner or manager of a business, you know that
With more than 1.2 million Nigerians needlessly losing their lives every year as a result of lack of proper medical emergency services, it has become imperative to set up a viable solution that would help reduce the high mortality rate and save lives at the community level.
Heart attacks can come unannounced. While it is agonizing for the one suffering from it, the victim’s loved ones also get affected.
Heart attacks occur when a part of the heart does not get enough blood. When an important artery experiences blockage due to bad cholesterol, cardiac history or any other reason – the blood fails to reach the heart. This results in an individual experiencing a heart attack.
You are the first responder and medic when you witness any emergency situation. This is because life is precious and whatever you do during this critical moment determines the survival of the victim.
Understanding first aid treatment is vital in emergency situations, like when a loved one falls down the stairs and needs immediate medical attention. Having the right knowledge and tools can save a loved one from dying. Understanding First Aid Treatment Let’s imagine a scenario where you, your child, elderly parents, or any member of your …
Christmas is a peak time for increased stress and accidents. Decorations, fires, new toys, visitors, cooking and houses packed with over-excited children and extra animals present a lot of potential hazards. Factor in the additional seasonal stress and alcohol and you can start to understand how people fall foul of the festive season.
Aging is a fact of life and it affects all families. As adult children, when imagining our parents as seniors, we may not fully comprehend the extent to which their aging will affect them or how it will affect us. Indeed, if they are already seniors and still in good health and living independently we may not feel any dramatic changes or concerns. However, the time does come when effects of aging become more evident and long-term care may be needed.
A few days ago, a Nigerian Air Force officer, Lance Corporal Bercy Ogah died after she got bitten by a poisonous snake when she sat on the toilet seat in her room. Reports said the snake made its way into her toilet bowl (WC) and bit her at her residence in Abuja. We at the Emergency Response Africa deeply sympathize and extend our condolences to the family of Bercy Ogah.
The rate at which some of the structures, some under construction, have been failing has become a great source of concern. Year-in year-out, building collapse is now a recurring phenomenon in Lagos, resulting in loss of lives and billions of Naira in investments. The collapse, on Monday, of a 21-storey building in Ikoyi, Lagos, followed by the collapse of another storey building in the Lekki-Ajah axis of the state the next day brought to the fore, again, the recurring, but the disturbing issue of building and structural collapse in the country.
The past week has been one of unexpected tragedy and loss. Many are mourning their loved ones while others wait for news from the recovery efforts from the November 1 collapse of a high-rise building under construction on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos State. This incident was a painful reminder that safety in our homes is often assumed but not automatic. How can we make our homes and communities safer?
Health indicators in Nigeria are some of the worst in Africa. Nigeria is responsible for a high number of under-five child deaths. UNICEF said in a recent report that “preventable or treatable infectious diseases such as malaria, pneumonia, diarrhea, measles and HIV/AIDS account for more than 70% of the estimated one million under-five deaths in Nigeria.”
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