Podcasts
Click on any of the MP3 links below to play the audio files which have been prepared by Sussex Ambulance Service and comply with European Resuscitation Council Guidelines:
- Burns - Explains the immediate treatment for burns and scalds.
- Fits - How to deal with fits (convulsions/seizures) in adults and young children.
- Wounds - Immediate actions for wounds, bleeding, and bleeding associated with fractures.
- Unconscious patient who is breathing - How to deal with an unrousable patient who IS breathing (includes recovery position)
- CPR for adults - Adults who have collapsed, unrousable and NOT breathing.
- CPR for babies - Babies who are unrousable and NOT breathing.
- Collapsed patient in detail - Explains the complete scenario including checks for breathing, circulation, etc.
NHS Health Encyclopedia
Click here to go to the NHS Health Encyclopedia which allows you to access information and advice on a range of conditions, surgical procedures, medications, and health issues.
Some of the most popular health encyclopaedia topics have been translated into other languages. You can access these topics by clicking on the image in the bottom left hand corner of every page on the website.
NHS Online Self Help Guide
Click here to access this online diagnostic tool.
Common Health Questions
Click here to get answers to commonly asked health and medical questions direct from the NHS.
Non-English Speakers
These fact sheets have been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. It covers issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.
Special care has been taken to ensure that information is given in clear language, and the content and style has been tested with user groups.
Open the leaflets in one of the following languages
Useful Health Information Links
Live Health News
BBC News - Health
The latest stories from the Health section of the BBC News web site.
Breast implant boss faces charges
The owner of a French breast implant maker at the centre of an international safety scare faces charges of "involuntary injury", his lawyer says.
Babies' brains 'show autism risk'
It may be possible to detect autism at a much earlier age than previously thought, say researchers.
More men 'have oral cancer virus'
Oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is more common among men than women, leading to an increased risk for men of head and neck cancers, a US study suggests.
Heart attack deaths have halved
The death rate from heart attacks in England has halved in the last decade, says an Oxford University study.
'Fry food in olive oil' heart tip
Eating fried food is not bad for the heart, as long as you use olive or sunflower oil to make it, experts suspect.
NHS 'must back genetic medicine'
Putting genetic testing at the heart of the NHS could herald a "revolution" in diagnosing, treating and preventing disease, according to the government's genetics adviser.
Dogs 'higher Lyme disease risk'
Ticks that can transmit Lyme disease may be more prevalent in the UK than realised, say researchers who have found out how many pet dogs harbour them.
Sextuplet shock for Afghan woman
A woman in northern Afghanistan gives birth to sextuplets, despite being unaware she was carrying more than one child.
Stem cell eye remedy 'seems safe'
Early results from the world's first human trial using embryonic stem cells to treat diseases of the eye suggest the method is safe, say researchers.
Pakistan drugs deaths are probed
At least 36 people with cardiovascular problems have died in a Lahore hospital in recent weeks because of faulty drugs, Pakistani officials say.
Taps behind baby infection deaths
Sink taps were the source of an infection which killed three babies at a Belfast hospital, the health minister has confirmed.
Gene switch 'key to heart health'
Scientists may be closer to understanding how genes, and the way they switch off and on, can influence serious heart conditions.
Idea men feel more pain 'a myth'
Women appear to be more sensitive to pain for certain illnesses, such as neck pain and sinusitis, according to a study of 72,000 US patients.
LA porn stars told to use condoms
Actors working in the pornographic film industry in Los Angeles will be required to use condoms, under a new law signed by the city mayor.
Foetus parties: Womb with a view?
Prof Cathy Warwick, chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives, outlines her fears about the "commercialisation of childbirth"
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