First aid course for parents in Wangaratta

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

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

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 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

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

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