Some amazing, shocking, and humorous facts about the human brain

• The typical brain is about 2% of a body’s weight, but uses 20% of its total energy and oxygen intake.

• The human brain weighs 3 pounds

• It comprises 60% of fat and is one of the fattest organs in the human body

• Human brain has the capacity to generate approximately 23 watts of power when awake.

• The brain contains billions of nerve fibers (axons and dendrites) — the "white matter"

• If you were drinking and don’t remember what you did last night, it’s not because you forgot. While you are drunk your brain is incapable of forming memories 😳

• Over 140 proteins in the brain are negatively impacted by exposure to electromagnetic frequencies — the kind emitted by your cell phone and other electronic devices.

• No one knows for sure, but the latest estimate is that our brains contain roughly 86 billion brain cells — the "grey matter" (to put that in perspective: A piece of brain tissue the size of a grain of sand contains 100,000 neurons and 1 billion synapses all communicating with each other)

• As we grow older, we are unable to remember new things. According to the researchers in the US it is because the brain is unable to filter and remove old memories which prevent it from absorbing new ideas.
  
• When the blood supply to the brain stops, it is almost after 8-10 seconds that the brain starts losing the consciousness.

• Most importantly though, only 4 minutes without oxygen can cause brain damage!! One of the reasons why learning CPR (preferably with rescue breaths) is vital, to continue to 'feed' the brain oxygen for as long as possible! Every minute the brain is without oxygen, 10% of the brain dies.
  

Survival rates for an unconscious individual are increased by up to 60 percent through prompt resuscitation. With this in mind, Basic Life Support and First Aid Training  aims to increase confidence when responding to emergency situations. 

Our First Aid Courses are designed to empower individuals with first aid knowledge and skills to attend to accidents or illnesses that a person may have whilst while going about their life. A little bit of knowledge on how to recognise and support an ill person or child, could make the difference between life and death. Remember, it could happen to anyone, including your loved ones!

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