All course participants receive handouts that complement the course content.

Participants are welcome to ask questions and discuss concerns during the course.

This course is very child-specific and hands-on. It covers:

• CPR (practice with manikins)

• Choke-rescue techniques (practice with manikins)

• Child-specific illnesses (croup, febrile convulsions, meningitis, etc – how to recognise them and what to do about them)

• Dealing with other emergency situations such as burns, allergic reactions, poisonings, bangs on the head, broken bones, etc

• Common childhood illnesses (fevers, coughs, colds, tummy bugs, etc)

• How to recognise when you need to take your baby or toddler to the doctor

• Safety around the home

• Child car restraints.