First aid course for parents in Indigo Shire

Venue Details

Yackandandah Community Centre

Address: 29 High St, Yackandandah VIC 3749

 

Venue Details

Chiltern Community Hub

Address: 50 Main St, Chiltern VIC 3683

 

Our courses

Our courses are split into three age brackets, to make it easier for you to learn what’s most important for the stage of life your child is in.

Mighty Bubs

First aid skills designed especially for expecting parents, parents of newborns, and infants up to 12 months in age.

Mighty Toddlers

First aid skills designed especially for parents of toddlers, suitable from age 12 months to preschool, when kids are on the move!

Mighty Kids

First aid skills designed especially for parents of kids who are pre-school aged, all the way up to teenagers.

Upcoming first aid courses in Indigo Shire

About your instructor

Jeremy Smith is a highly experienced paramedic and paramedic trainer who has managed real-world paediatric emergencies throughout his career.

As well as his on-road experience, he was a senior paramedic trainer for the Australian Defence Force in Wodonga.

Jeremy is deeply passionate about teaching lifesaving first aid training to parents, especially in the North East, where he grew up.

Our first aid courses are designed and developed for rural and regional parents and other carers of newborns, infants and toddlers.

Parents in Indigo Shire face unique challenges when it comes to emergencies.

Environmental factors in rural and regional areas can pose unique risks, and the hospital and medical system in the area can sometimes be completely overwhelmed, with long emergency wait times.

We’ve designed courses specifically to empower regional parents to handle emergencies within the greater North East region.

For regional parents

Paramedic led

Focused education

Evidence-based

What you’ll learn

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First-aid basics for babies, toddlers and children
First-aid basics for babies, toddlers and children

Your child’s developmental stage influences the types of injuries that may occur. Our courses address the specific risks of your child’s phase of life, and teaches parents and carers what to do in a paediatric emergency.

  • Learn how the body works, and how children and adults bodies differ from a medical perspective

  • Get to know the risk profile of your child

  • Learn how to recognise when your child is sick

Vital skills for coping with an emergency
Vital skills for coping with an emergency

Ask an expectant parent their biggest first aid anxiety and the response is: CPR and dealing with choking. We teach you how to confidently manage these, and other critical situations. Learn how paediatric cardiac arrest differs from adult arrest, and practice life-saving skills with experts guiding you.

  • Learn pediatric CPR

  • Manage choking

  • Recognise anaphylaxis

  • Deal with seizures

Trauma care and managing injuries
Trauma care and managing injuries

Kids are naturally curious and often suffer injuries in the home due to their inquisitive nature. The leading causes of injury in young children include falls, burns, traffic accidents and animal bites. We teach you how to confidently manage these and other critical situations.

  • How to manage injury

  • Manage burns and scalds

  • Manage falls

  • Control bleeding

  • Deal with fractures

Calling for help and what to expect
Calling for help and what to expect

Calling for help during an emergency can be extremely stressful. We know what it’s like from the other end of the phone and on the other side of the Emergency Department door. We share our insider knowledge so you know what to expect when you call 000 or when you get to ED at the hospital.

  • Know what to expect with calling 000

  • Get to know the ED

  • Learn techniques for staying calm and focused during an emergency, as taught by a paramedic

  • Design a first aid kit for your home

Confidence with performing CPR & back blows
Confidence with performing CPR & back blows

To help you learn, we use industry-leading QCPR manikins with realistic features and the average physiology and anatomy of a child. The manikins are connected to an iPad via bluetooth to offer real-time feedback on your CPR performance. Practicing in this way gives you muscle memory for effective CPR, building your confidence.

  • Train on anatomically correct manikins

  • Practice skills with realtime feedback

  • Consolidate learning with practical scenarios

Bites, stings and poisonings
Bites, stings and poisonings

Australia has lots of creepy crawlies - some cause painful bites but most aren’t poisonous. Learn which bites are bad and what to do if your child has been bitten.

Most infant poisonings are from prescription medications - learn the signs to help recognise when your little one’s curiosity has gotten the better of them.

  • Manage snakebites

  • First aid for spider and insect bites

  • Learn signs and symptoms of button battery ingestion

  • Recognise signs of poisonings and learn what to do