As a qualified nurse, mother and first aid trainer with over 30 years health and teaching experience; Emma Hammett truly appreciates the vital importance of first aid. Emma writes as first aid expert for numerous print and online publications and frequently appears as press spokesperson on first aid, health and accident prevention issues. Emma draws upon her professional and personal experience to provide an engaging and authoritative guide to preventing and treating accidents. Slips, Trips and Fractured Hips is Emma's third book. 'In Slips, Trips and Fractured Hips, Emma discusses safety in relation to older people and uses her many years of experience to give good advice about preventing the most common accidents. Falls and other unintentional injuries are not an inevitable part of ageing and we hope that through the advice given in this book, older people and their loved ones will be able to take steps to prevent them from happening. Sheila Merrill FRSPH UKPHR, Public Health Adviser RoSPA 'Preventing accidents from happening in the first place is, of course, the best option but when there are problems this excellent book is packed full of practical and sound advice. It is there to help you enjoy your life to hilt. Please use it. Carolyn Cripps OBE, Trustee Age UK, Fit for Safety, Institute of Home and Water Safety Emma's second book; Burns, Falls and Emergency Calls was heralded as the ultimate guide to the prevention and treatment of childhood accidents. 'Burns, Falls and Emergency Calls' is a super informative, but easy to read book, for families, parents, grandparents, childminders and carers, to help everyone become aware of potential risks. It teaches the skills needed to help in an emergency without overwhelming the reader, and of course, that could ultimately save lives. This great book empowers and gives confidence to everyone who reads it and I highly recommend that you go out and grab yourself a copy and keep it handy.' Sue Atkins ITV 'This Morning' Parenting Expert & Author of 'Parenting Made Easy - How To Raise Happy Children' First Aid for Life provides award winning first aid training taught by highly experienced medical, health and emergency services professionals tailored to the needs of those attending. In addition to First Aid for humans, Emma established First Aid for Pets - empowering pet owners and those working with pets to give life-saving treatment in those first vital minutes. Her first book was First Aid for Dogs and it has been a huge success and is currently being translated into multiple languages and distributed worldwide. Emma's mission and the goal of www.firstaidforlife.org.uk, www.onlinefirstaid.com and www.firstaidforpets.net is to make it as easy as possible for people to access first aid skills, removing barriers to learning; such as time, money and geography and give more people the skills and confidence to save lives. Firstaidforlife.org.uk is packed full of free resources and useful updates. If you have any questions please contact emma@firstaidforlife.org.uk or call us on 0208 675 4036
There comes a point when it dawns on you that you have reached the later years of life - and this can take you by surprise. It's a shock to realise that you might be feeling a little vulnerable, bits of you ache and you feel less optimistic. Hang on, you might think, how did I arrive at this point? Whatever is next? This useful little book, Slips, Trips and Fractured Hips is a bible of good sense and will encourage and advise you in ways to keep safe, healthy, actively upright and chirpy and reminds us that all is not lost with ageing and wonderful times can still lie ahead. Preventing accidents in the first place is of course the best option, but when an accident happens this excellent little book is packed full of practical and sound advice. It is there to help you enjoy your life to hilt. Please use it. Carolyn Cripps OBE, Trustee, Age UK, Fit for Safety and the Institute of Home Safety Falls and fragility fractures can result in loss of independence, injury and death. In health service terms, they are high volume and costly. A&E departments treat a disproportionate number of unintentional injuries among older people, and particularly those aged over 70, with accidents in the home (predominantly falls) accounting for the greatest proportion of these injuries In Slips, Trips and Fractured Hips, Emma discusses safety in relation to older people and uses her many years of experience to give excellent advice about preventing the most common accidents. Falls and other unintentional accidents are not an inevitable part of ageing and we hope through the advice given in this book, older people and their loved ones will be able to take steps to prevent them from happening. Sheila Merrill FRSPH UKPHR Public Health Adviser RoSPA