Does anyone know Can you start work as an emergency responder age 17 with a first aid course followed by a frec 3 qualification? Qualsafe Are there rules and regs? Can you be an event first aider with these ? Thanks for any answers or pointers!

Palm Springs reached 121°F today 🔥 Likely to be the hottest temperature recorded on Earth in September 2024.

USA 🇺🇸 #Heatwave 🥵 🌡️121°F/49.4°C Palm Springs, CA 🌡️119°F/48.3°C Furnace Creek, CA ALL-TIME RECORD [tied] 🌡️114°F/45.6°C Burbank, CA MONTHLY RECORDS [tied] 🌡️117°F/47.2°C Borrego Springs, CA 🌡️116°F/46.7°C #Phoenix, AZ 🌡️97°F/36.1°C Quillayute, WA #CAwx #AZwx #WAwx

The Mediterranean Sea had an average sea surface temperature (SST) in August of over 28C. No other month in any other year (not just other Augusts) has ever topped 28C.

This year will likely be the warmest on record globally, scientists have warned☀️ 🔗 Read more news.sky.com/story/world-on…

The fact that Dominique Pelicot allegedly found more than 90 men in his local area who were willing to do this is just bleak beyond words. This is the queue for the defendants to be admitted to court:

Found out my hospital no longer has 24 hour on-call physio. Terrible, terrible decision. When you need urgent chest physio in the middle of the night, a doctor or nurse cannot just sub in. Nor can it just be delayed until morning.

72 Men. All lived within a few miles of her home. One was her neighbor. Not one of them asked for confirmation of consent, despite her being unconscious, not even the man who’s HIV positive. Not one of them asked to talk to her. Not a single one. bbc.com/news/articles/…

So here’s a tale… I noticed Charlotte Owen, the junior aide Boris Johnson controversially ennobled, has a new gig with - shock! - Boris Johnson. But that’s only the start. There’s also uranium, Iran, Steve Bannon..& a LOT of qs My piece for The Observer theguardian.com/politics/artic…

We’d love to understand what healthcare professionals know about Bronchiectasis. Please help us by taking a few minutes to complete this survey. European Lung Foundation EMBARC ERS #ERS2024

"Swimmers warned not to enter the water at Exmouth due to pollution for fifth time." Did you know that the Environment Agency stops testing bathing quality at the end of September? At which point you're on your own until next May. You'll never even know. 🤮 itv.com/news/westcount…

So how was your weekend trip to Southend, nice walk on the pier? Meanwhile just up the beach at Chalkwell. #FloodTheStreets Turn your outrage into action. Sign up today marchforcleanwater.org

Just a thought, but if Energy was nationalised (or just a bit less greedy) there would be no need for pensioners to receive a winter allowance!

A Science paper "reviewed 1500 climate policies around the world, and found only 63 have delivered significant benefits" Great piece by George Monbiot If you want to know how much impact we are having on annual global emissions, the answer is NONE theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Now’s the time to start your #vitaminD and keep going until March Feeling run down and getting colds after Xmas? Desperate for winter sun? Tired all the time? You need vitamin D Very hard to get from diet alone

Sadly many of us will witness a cardiac arrest in our lifetime. THIS WEEKEND join me & British Heart Foundation in inspiring the nation to learn LIFE SAVING CPR❤️ 450,000 people have now engaged with the FREE online training course to learn CPR in JUST 15 MINUTES!👇 bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-he…

Fascinating writing up a presentation on how menopause affects lung function with significantly lower values of FEV1 and FVC one more thing we have to consider !! Impact of #sexhormones or lack thereof impacting respiratory health as we age

Parts of #Europe have seen more rainfall in just 3 days than the entire autumn period—this is anything but normal. This is the new climate, with 10% more water vapour in the atmosphere and a jet stream that's increasingly erratic. 🌍🌧️ #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #Flooding

1. You might not have heard of it, but the system supposed to protect us in England and Wales from #floods is an absolute disgrace: a network of old boys' clubs completely unaccountable to the public. No wonder it fails so badly. My column + thread. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…