Tag: Somerset

  • Asthma initiative unveiled at Somerset Patriots game – MyCentralJersey.com

    MyCentralJersey.com Asthma initiative unveiled at Somerset Patriots gameMyCentralJersey.comThrough a $500,000 grant to the Boys & Girls Clubs of New Jersey, the program is being implemented to serve 2,500 kids ages 5 to 18 in nine counties in the state that have the highest prevalence of childhood asthma. It was announced during a ceremony … View…

  • Fundraiser in memory of asthma attack boy – This is Somerset

    Fundraiser in memory of asthma attack boyThis is SomersetTHE memory of a Chard teenager who died last week will be honoured by a fundraising event organised by his friends. Ryan Sparks, a Year 11 pupil at Holyrood Academy, died after a severe asthma attack on Monday, October 8. His friends are organising an …and more »…

  • Asthma fears tackled with hospital help – This is Somerset

    Asthma fears tackled with hospital helpThis is SomersetA YEOVIL mother whose four-year-old daughter has been in and out of hospital more than ten times because of asthma has pledged to give something back to staff who treated her. Ruth Guppy, 27, of Fosse Close, first realised something was wrong with … View full post on…

  • First aid skills in schools needed against asthma risk – This is Somerset

    First aid skills in schools needed against asthma riskThis is SomersetTEACHERS and staff at Somerset's schools have been urged to learn life-saving first aid after it was revealed a third of people with asthma are at high risk of a potentially fatal attack. St John Ambulance has called for teachers to be equipped to deal…

  • £500 given to asthma charity – This is Somerset

    £500 given to asthma charityThis is SomersetSadly, many years earlier Dave's 28-year-old brother died following an asthma attack. Dave realised that lives could be saved by supplying nebulisers to hospitals, doctor's surgeries, community nurses etc. A nebuliser is a device which is used to …and more » View full post on asthma – Google News