Course Summary
This short workshop is a hands-on information session for new parents and grandparents. A couple of hours covering the essentials of an appropriate response to emergencies with young children.
The course is available to groups, not part of our regular training calendar. If your mother’s group, pre-school group, friends or family want to take part, all we need is a minimum of 10 participants and you’re on.
National Course Code
This is a non-accredited course. There is no nationally recognised certificate for this training. If you require a First Aid certificate, please ask about other courses.
Delivery
This course is typically presented to new parents as a way of answering the many questions you have after you bring young Bub home. A lot of it will put your mind at ease knowing that quite a few people have trodden this path before you and survived! It’s fun, it’s easy, it’s a place to ask questions and get sensible answers. And of course, bring Bub with you, show off!
Content
Primarily aimed at kids from newborn to crawlers, this course covers
- Basic life support for babies
- Life-threatening v’s non-life threatening situations
- CPR following drowning & choking
- Illnesses affecting breathing
- Temperatures and febrile convulsions
- Bleeding
- Understanding Meningitis, Anaphylaxis
- What rashes mean
Award Issued
- Certificate of attendance
Prerequisites
Nil