Baby & Child First Aid Stratford

In this session participants will gain knowledge and skills in how to manage common childhood accidents, injuries and illnesses common in children from birth to teens

Following completion of the workshop you will be able to;

• Perform CPR on a baby or child
• Apply and use an AED (Automatic External Defibrillator)
• Identify and distinguish the difference between choking, gagging and coughing
• Perform choking first aid (5 back blows and 5 chest thrusts)
• Identify the red flags for children following head injuries
• Perform burn first aid 
• Perform the PIT (Pressure Immobilisation Technique) for snake bites and funnel webs
• Perform first aid for bug bites and stings
• Manage life threatening and non-life threatening bleeding
• Identify the red flags of common childhood illnesses
• Describe common symptoms following childhood vaccinations and identify when to seek help
• Identify signs and symptoms of allergies and anaphlaxis 
• Perform administration of an EPI-PEN autoinjector

In addition to the above we cover accident prevention strategies for drowning, choking, burns, head injuries, car accidents farm safety and when to go the GP, versus the hospital or when you can watch and wait at home.

This education is provided free to parents and carers of children in Gippsland by the Sisterhood Project due to the generosity of a grant from the Latrobe Foundation