Mums Dads and Bubs, First Aid Essentials

The session focuses on the injuries and medical conditions most commonly encountered in babies and young children, providing practical skills and easy-to-follow guidance that can be applied at home, in the community or while travelling.

Participants will have the opportunity to practise key skills and ask questions in a relaxed and supportive learning environment.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session participants will be able to:

• Recognise when a child is seriously unwell

• Respond appropriately in an emergency

• Perform CPR on an infant and child

• Manage choking emergencies

• Recognise and respond to allergic reactions and anaphylaxis

• Respond to common injuries and illnesses affecting young children

• Know when to seek medical assistance

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Course Content

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Keeping Your Child Safe

• Preventing common injuries

• Childproofing basics

• Recognising emergencies

• Calling Triple Zero (000)

CPR for Infants and Children

• DRSABCD

• Infant CPR

• Child CPR

• Recovery position

• AED awareness

Practical Activity Included

Choking Emergencies

• Recognising choking

• Infant choking management

• Child choking management

• When to call an ambulance

Practical Activity Included

Allergic Reactions and Anaphylaxis

• Recognising an allergic reaction

• Recognising anaphylaxis

• Using an adrenaline autoinjector

• Emergency action plans

Practical Demonstration Included

Common Childhood Illnesses

• Fever

• Febrile convulsions

• Asthma

• Dehydration

• Vomiting and diarrhoea

Bumps, Burns and Bleeding

• Cuts and grazes

• Nosebleeds

• Minor burns

• Head bumps and falls

• When to seek further medical care

Questions and Practical Review

• Common parenting concerns

• Emergency planning

• Practical revision of CPR and choking management

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Who Should Attend?

• New parents

• Expectant parents

• Grandparents

• Babysitters

• Carers

• Family members caring for young children

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What Participants Receive?

• Participant handout

• Practical CPR and choking practice

• Course attendance certificate

• Take-home emergency reference guide

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Course Philosophy

We believe every parent should feel confident responding to an emergency involving their child.

Mums, Dads & Bubs First Aid Essentials is designed to provide practical, easy-to-understand skills that can make a real difference when seconds count.

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