PARENTMEDIC – a movement designed to educate people in first aid and CPR for infants and children \u2013 is available in Ballarat.<\/p>\n
Offering affordable, accurate, up-to-date training sessions for parents and carers, participants will learn the correct ways to give CPR and first aid to young children and gain confidence.<\/p>\n
CPR and airways, choking, burns, febrile convulsions, temperature control, poisons, head injuries, allergies, anaphylaxis and rashes will all be covered.<\/p>\n
Ballarat based Parentmedic ambassador, Linnea Byrne hopes the program will \u201cempower parents when facing an emergency\u2026and save some lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a mum of two beautiful little girls, they are my world,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen my eldest was only a few months old, I heard that a Parentmedic session was being run in Ballarat.<\/p>\n
\u201cI learnt skills that are worth their weight in gold. Only a matter of months later, my daughter came down with a severe case of croup.<\/p>\n
\u201cThankfully from the knowledge I had gained, I was able to act quickly and may have even saved her life.\u201d<\/p>\n
When Mrs Byrne\u2019s second daughter arrived, she wanted to complete a refresher course, but Parentmedic wasn\u2019t readily available in Ballarat at the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew then, that I\u2019d found my calling,\u201d she said, and Mrs Byrne hasn\u2019t looked back.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love my job. I love the look on people\u2019s faces when their worries are relieved, and they have more knowledge when it comes to looking after their kids.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey can have confidence when it comes to an emergency and hopefully completely avoid an emergency in the first place. You can\u2019t put a price on a child\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n
The public and private sessions are run by Mrs Byrne in Ballarat, around Gordon and Ballan, Maryborough, Beaufort, Ararat and anywhere within an hour\u2019s drive north or west of Ballarat.<\/p>\n
People can host private sessions in their homes or a hired venue. Public sessions are run at hired venues, halls, cafes or parks. Parents are very welcome to bring their children along.<\/p>\n
Mrs Byrne has her own Facebook forum to further offer resources to parents titled, Parentmedic Ambassador – Linnea Byrne.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur aim is to not only provide a wealth of knowledge on the day, but also continued support with great information and accurate updates in first aid.\u201d<\/p>\n
Find out more about the global Parentmedic movement at parentmedic.co or at facebook.com\/theparentmedicmovement. You can contact Linnea Byrne directly on 0401 402 620.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PARENTMEDIC – a movement designed to educate people in first aid and CPR for infants and children \u2013 is available in Ballarat. Offering affordable, accurate, up-to-date training sessions for parents and carers, participants will learn the correct ways to give CPR and first aid to young children and gain confidence. CPR and airways, choking, burns, […]<\/p>\n