New Mothers Parents and Babies First Aid

New Mums, parents groups and those who care for kids can organise for us to come along and help you understand “What to do until the Ambulance arrives”

Kids and new babies are not smaller adults there is a sizeable difference in how you treat them. Learn from Intensive care paramedics. I understand it’s your baby or your child and your freaking out about the situation, I am a parent too but controlling your duress responses is vital. Somebody has to do something and today that person may be you.

If your child stopped breathing today would you know what to do?

Fenton O’Leary and the team from the Children’s Hospital at Westmead asked 348 parents and carers that question.

• Only half had received formal CPR training
• Only 11% knew the correct rate of chest compressions and the correct ratio of compressions to breaths.
• A surprising 8% had performed real CPR

8% that is amazing and you know what they reported as the major reason for not performing CPR, It was a lack of knowledge.

Parents and carers of high-risk children are usually trained in basic life support but everyone could be trained in the simple process. Controlling your duress response to comfortably AND confidently perform basic CPR is vital here, someone has to do it.