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Further to my recent blog post about how to access emergency medical care for your child, another question has arisen about ambulances and whether their cost is covered by health insurance. As you all know, a level of basic health insurance is compulsory in Switzerland. The Federal Office of Public Health in Switzerland produces a […]
8th June 2012
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In my capacity as one of the Medical Directors of HealthFirst, this week I was asked to write something for the Moms-in-Vaud yahoo group blog about how to access emergency medical care for children in the Vaud/Geneva area. I thought that I would also share this here. In a medical emergency…… The most important thing […]
5th June 2012
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Welcome back to the HeathFirst Blog! Its been several weeks since we have posted a new blog. The HealthFirst Team have been very busy not only delivering First Aid Courses and Parenting Conferences but also developing an exciting new Health Promotion project that will be available in the next few months. During my clinical work […]
15th May 2012
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Jack Frost has certainly been visiting Switzerland in the past few days. Its a beautiful Arctic-white land out there but along with this, comes the challenge of keeping our faces, fingers and toes warm enough. These are the parts of our (and our children’s) bodies that are more exposed than others when we walk or […]
1st February 2012
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Tis the season for celebrations – family visiting, Christmas drinks, decorating the house and general merriment. It’s a time when we relax and the children run a little freer perhaps. It is also the season when we see an increase in accidental poisonings in children. A poison is a substance, or a mixture of substances, […]
24th December 2011
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Six out of 100 children will have a seizure due to a high temperature before they are six. Would you know what to do if your child, or a child around you, has a seizure? Would you know what NOT to do? Listen to Erica’s remarkable story, a mother who found her self in exactly […]
12th December 2011
