FREE Puketāpapa workshop: Essential First Aid

Puketāpapa: Amplify Your Impact Workshop Series: Essential First Aid

Date: 1st April 2026

Time: 10:30am - 2:30pm

Cost: FREE

Location: Tarapunga Room, Wesley Community Centre, 740 Sandringham Road Extension, Mt Roskill

Presenter: Sarah Thompson

NOTE: These sessions are FREE to community groups, social enterprises and charities operating or based in the Puketāpapa Local Board area.

Workplaces need to ensure that they meet WorkSafe NZ requirements for first aiders. This shorter course can be helpful as an additional course for workplaces who wish to go above and beyond their legal requirements and ensure that ALL their staff know what to do in an emergency, without the huge cost and time commitments of the longer NZQA courses.

This is a concise practical course covering general First Aid covering:

• CPR (practice with manikins-chest compressions only, but not mouth-to-mouth); use of automated defibrillators in a public setting.

• Choke-rescue techniques (practice with manikins).

• Dealing with emergency medical situations such as heart attacks, strokes, diabetic emergencies, seizures, etc.

• Dealing with other emergency situations such as burns, allergic reactions, poisonings, concussion, broken bones, etc.

Everyone on the course receives a booklet, to complement the explanations and demonstrations on the course. Participants also receive a certificate.