Education / health Health and Safety

LA CROIX ROUGE FRANCAISE

LA CROIX ROUGE FRANCAISE

Description
Nearlly 20 000 people day each year of an accident in an every day place (home, road, work…). It is during the wait for the emergency services to arrive that the victim's health often deteriorates and this is why is extremely important to learn the basic 1st aid moves.

First aid lessons are organised all over France, including in many of the French Riviera's towns, including:

Antibes
Délégation locale d'Antibes-Juan les Pins-Vallauris - Tel : 04.93.34.15.43

Beausoleil
For Beausoleil & Cap d'Ail-La Turbie - Tel : 04.93.78.38.01

Cagnes-sur-Mer
For Cagnes-surMer & La Colle sur Loup - Tel : 04.93.20.44.33

Cannes
Tel : 04.93.39.09.45

Carros
For Carros & Gattières - Tel : 04.93.08.15.26

Nice
Tel : 04.93.98.95.95

Menton
For Menton & Roquebrune Cap Martin - Tel : 04.93.35.88.25

Villefranche-sur-Mer
For Villefranche & Beaulieu & Eze - Tel : 04.93.01.71.49

For further information about the place, time and enrolments contact your local office or look at the internet site:

sites.croix-rouge.fr/recherche_formation.php3

SAVERIA FUMIERE
Centre d'ostéopathie, 22 rue Maréchal Joffre
Tel +33 (0)4 93 27 11 58  

Description
A French Osteopath who also speaks some English and Italian and who offers many solutions to pregnant women, women in general babies and children.

Severia works to put right problems that some babies encounter that may have happened during birth: stiff neck, out of shape skull, digestive problems, sickness, ear aches, colds, bronchitis, conjunctivitis, sleep disorders, behavioural problems...

She can also help to ease discomforts that some pregnant women are prone to - an alternative response to problems created during pregnancy.

Osteopathy is a gentle, therapeutic science that is not at all dangerous for mother and baby.

For lots more information about how Severia can help, look at the above internet site.

YANN CHARLES-HERROU
Ostéopathe, 36 rue d'Antibes
Tel +33 (0)4 93 39 40 68 / Urgence (0)6 12 41 64 95  

Description
A French Osteopath who also speaks some English and Italian and who offers many solutions to pregnant women, women in general babies and children.

Yann Charles-Herrou explains that gynaecologic osteopathy offers women precious help and is a good alternative to traditional medicine that does not always work. It can provide solutions for those who have menstrual and sexual problems that may be caused by an episiotomy, the menopause and others. It may also help women who find it hard to fall pregnant. It can help women of all ages.

Osteopathy is a gentle, therapeutic science that is not at all dangerous for mother and baby.

He explains that it is important to visit an osteopath during pregnancy as he/she can help ease ailments such as back ache, digestive problems, swollen legs etc.

A birth can be a traumatic experience for a baby who may experience sickness after bottle feeds, conjunctivitis, sleeping problems and the skull may have become slightly out of shape. Charles-Herrou sayes that osteopathy can also follow a child as he grows up helping to stop nightmares, calm bad tempers and other such things.

ANTIBES FAMILY PRACTICE
5 Bis, Place Général de Gaulle, 1st floor
Tel +33 (0)4 93 34 04 16  

Description
Antibes Family Practice is a state-of-the-art, walk-in medical facility. They offer health care for the entire family with no age limitations.

It is open 6 days a week, from 9am to 6.30pm, including Saturdays from 9am to 12pm.

Its mission statement is to provide high quality, compassionate care to all members of our community and its services include: Complete Physical Exams, Sports Physicals, Minor Office Surgeries, Full pediatric, Newborn and Pediatric Immunizations, Women's well care, On-site Urine Analysis, On-site Blood sugar, Blood pressure monitoring, Pulse-oxmetry, Full traditional family medicine, Routine Visit, Refills.

The Dr. Perret is a board certified Family Physician and has also achieved the designation as an International Member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, USA. Dr Perret is approved by the MedAire company ,USA.

English and French spoken.

DR. HANS G. LINDEROTH, M.D.
Cabinet Medical, 22, boulevard Risso
Tel +33 (0)4 93 56 95 95 / (0)6 25 04 01 54
Fax +33 (0)4 93 26 18 08  

Description
The only Scandinavian Paediatrician on the French Riviera, who also speaks very good French and English. His surgery is located opposite the Nice bowling alley and a few minutes from the Acropolis.

VIV RION
Port Grimaud
Tel +33 (0)4 94 67 41 25  

Description
If you are an English speaking mum or mum-to-be, come along to this support group, run once a month on a voluntary basis, by an English mid wife who works for the hospital in Gassin. She can give useful advice on questions you may have and advice you may need about your future birth on about babies and children you already have. Also a good place to meet other English speaking mums in your own situation.

Y. JACQUOT D.O (U.K)
Le Gray d'Albion, 4 rue des Etats-Unis
Tel +33 (0)6 24 97 33 70

Description
Osteopathic Center specialised for Children and their Mothers. You can look at the following internet site to have a better idea of the sort of services offered : http://www.occ.uk.com .
French and English spoken.