First Aid Courses & Training in Perth, WA

The Need For Training

In a medical emergency, having someone immediately available with basic first-aid training can often make the difference between life and death. When the brain is starved of oxygen, for example due to a choking or drowning, irreversible brain damage begins to occur within as little as 3-4 minutes. In such a situation, every minute counts and prompt first-aid action can often help save a life.

Each day in Australia approximately 5000 children need medical attention, 200 are admitted to hospital and one child dies - all as a result of unintentional injuries.

It is therefore essential that parents of babies and small children know what to do if they suddenly find themselves faced with a medical emergency.

Save-A-Child CPR and First-Aid Course

Standard medical courses generally cover only adult first-aid with perhaps a small demonstration of childhood emergencies at the end of the course, which is a problem as adults are treated quite differently to babies and small children.

The Save-A-Child CPR and First-Aid course has become exceptionally popular with parents in the Perth metropolitan area and is now widely recognized as one of the best CPR and First-Aid courses available to WA parents, as the course covers a variety of medical emergencies relating specifically to babies and small children.

The course has received a great deal of attention in recent years because of the way in which the various medical topics are taught. The entire course is conducted in a simple, easy-to-understand manner, which leaves parents feeling confident that they will be able to cope should they have to deal with a medical emergency in the future. This is very important, as many parents complain that they have left previous first-aid courses feeling confused and overwhelmed by what they have been taught, which reduces their ability to remember their work over time and can lead to panic in an emergency.

Course Content

The course covers a wide range of medical topics, including the following:

Baby and toddler resuscitation
Choking
Drowning
Burns
Bleeding
Allergic Reactions
High temperatures
Convulsions
Poisoning and bites/ stings

Duration

Treating an injured child in a medical emergency clearly involves a high level of stress. In order for parents to come out of a first-aid course feeling confident that they will be able to handle a medical emergency, it is essential that they fully understand all of the medical topics covered and spend as much time as is necessary practicing the techniques that they have learned.

The Australian Resuscitation Council recommends that a minimum of 4 hours be spent learning resuscitation. The Save-A-Child CPR and First-Aid course is made up of 2 separate sessions of 3 hours each. This enables all participants to learn and practice resuscitation in the first session and then come back another day to practice it again in the second session, which reinforces their knowledge and helps build their confidence. In addition, the 2 sessions provide adequate time to cover a number of other vital topics, such as choking, burns, bleeding, fevers, convulsions, poisoning and bites/ stings.

Dates/ times of courses

All courses will be run on a date and at a time that is convenient for the participants. Courses can take place during the day, evening or weekend and can be run in your home or at any location you choose.

Cost

The course costs $65 per person for the full 6 hours. This price includes a CPR and first-aid manual, CPR reminder cards and a CPR wall chart.

Learning principles

All courses that are offered are based upon the following principles:

All students are taught only the latest, most correct information available. All procedures taught comply with the latest guidelines laid down by all relevant bodies, including the Australian Resuscitation Council and the Poisons Information Centre.
In order to remember information over time, it is important to understand it. While anyone can learn medical techniques by watching someone perform the procedures and then copying them, it is unlikely that these procedures will be remembered over time or will be performed correctly in a real-life scenario if they are not properly understood. As such, all lecture material is presented in such a way as to ensure that all participants gain an in-depth understanding of all of the topics covered. This also makes the course more interesting and enjoyable.
It is well recognized that only "hands-on" training can ensure that course participants are capable of performing resuscitation correctly. As such, all course participants are given ample time to practice the techniques that they have learned on a baby and child manikin until both the students themselves and the instructor feel confident in the student's level of knowledge.

Instructor background

All courses are run by Steven Lewsen, a medical lecturer and former ambulance officer.

Steven has been running medical courses for 16 years and in that time he has personally taught over 10 000 people a wide variety of life-saving medical skills.

He is exceptionally passionate about his work as he has witnessed first-hand the difference that knowledge can make in saving lives. On too many occasions he was faced with children who had suffered a serious injury or had even died, due to a lack of education. Many of these injuries and deaths could have been avoided or the severity of the situation greatly reduced if someone on scene had known more about how to deal with a medical emergency. Educating the community about these vital topics has now become a very large part of his life. It is not only what he does, but who he is.

His passion and enthusiasm for his work has grown over the years as many parents have written him letters telling him how they have used the skills they have learned from him to save the lives of their children.

He has an outstanding reputation for providing quality CPR and first-aid courses throughout the Perth metropolitan area. He has conducted over 550 free medical seminars for the general public and his courses have become exceptionally popular, particularly with parents of small children.

He has written articles for numerous organization newsletters and magazines and has appeared on National Nine News. He is regularly interviewed on radio and has also run a medical series on ABC radio in WA and Victoria, which was credited with saving the lives of a number of children.

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