Canberra Women & Babies in collaboration with Joanna Lewis, the founder of Super Safety Mum, warmly invite you to learn how to Provide First Aid (3.5 hours).

This hands-on, small-group, face-to-face, accredited First Aid course is designed to provide expectant parents, new parents, grandparents and other caregivers with the knowledge, essential life-saving skills, and confidence to deliver emergency first aid for infants, children and adults.

This course provides participants with the knowledge and skills in providing first aid and basic life support until arrival of medical assistance. This includes calling for help, the ability to respond to first aid situations, casualty assessment, decision making and basic life support functions including Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).

Using practical, performance-based scenarios, participants will learn how to assess and manage the unconscious, breathing/non-breathing infant, child or adult casualty, and apply first aid procedures for the following:

Asthma
Anaphylaxis
Bleeding control
Choking and airway obstruction
Envenomation, using pressure immobilisation
Fractures, sprains and strains, appropriate immobilisation techniques
Minor wound cleaning and dressing
Nosebleed
Shock.

This course is facilitated by Joanna Lewis. Jo is a passionate and dedicated Registered Nurse with over 20 years of experience in clinical and managerial roles across several nursing specialties, including Emergency, Medical and Surgical care, Women's and Children's Health, and Hospital Operations. She holds postgraduate qualifications in Critical Care, Professional Healthcare Education, and Medical Retrieval. Jo thrives on helping others grow and is particularly passionate about supporting new and expectant parents.

This is a baby-friendly course. Infants under the age of 12 months are warmly welcomed.

Refreshments will be available throughout the session. We hope you can make it!

Important note: This is an accredited First Aid course (HLTAID011 Provide First Aid). For an accredited certificate to be issued, the online prior learning must be completed, and CPR must be performed on the floor with no exemptions. The HLTAID011 Provide First Aid certificate is valid for three (3) years from the completion date. The Code of Practice and Australian Resuscitation Council recommends that cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills are refreshed annually.

Participants who complete the face-to-face training but do not complete the online prior learning will be issued with a non-accredited information session certificate.

Clothing: We suggest that you wear comfortable casual clothing, as the practical nature of the demonstrations and practice may possibly require bending, kneeling and lying on the floor. Please wear or bring socks. Pants and flat shoes are recommended.