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Do you have an infant or small child in your home that you have to take care of
Danger

Danger

Childproofing Your Home

Children can be surprisingly accident prone inside an otherwise safe home environment. Such accidents have become so common and have such serious ramifications, that child safety organisations have labelled them a major public health threat.

Thousands of people visit amusement parks each year
General Health-Related

General Health-Related

How to Amusement Park Safely

These places typically put a strong emphasis on safety in order to ensure an incident-free experience for their clientele, but accidents can still happen to anyone, anywhere.

Keeping children safe during field trip article header
Danger

Danger

Safe Field Trips

That one day spent on a field trip, experiencing things that are out of the ordinary, could teach them lessons that they wouldn’t have learned as well in school.

As a parent, the safety of your child should always be your top priority
General Health-Related

General Health-Related

Child Safety - Top 4

As a parent, the safety of your child should always be your top priority. According to the Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Australia, more Australian children die of injuries each year than of cancer and asthma combined.

How To Prevent Choking Hazards
First Aid Training

First Aid Training

Preventing Choking Hazards

As small children are prone to putting things in their mouths, whether it’s food, toys, money or even objects, it’s important to be trained in first aid to ensure that any choking episodes don’t escalate and become fatal.

Electric shock
First Aid Training

First Aid Training

Electric shock kills 76 Australians every year

Electric shock kills 76 Australians every year. This figure from the Australian Bureau of Statistics does not account for people whose unfortunate electrical mishaps either go unreported or lead to non-fatal injuries.

How dangerous are epileptic seizures
First Aid Training

First Aid Training

First Aid for Seizures

It’s important not to overlook the fact that the side-effects of epileptic episodes include fatalities. Medication, however, helps mitigate the situation for many.

Domestic violence First Aid
Injury

Injury

Violence First Aid

Domestic violence First Aid has never been more important but it needs to be approached with caution to be effective.

Suicide Prevention & Suicide First Aid
How-To

How-To

First Aid for Suicide Attempts

Let the person know you care about their welfare. Ask if they are thinking of taking their own life in a gentle manner that invites discussion about it. There is plenty of evidence to show that, in most cases, people contemplating suicide don’t really want to die. Helping them to open up and be heard is important.

First Aid in Disabled and Aged Care
First Aid Training

First Aid Training

Disabled and Aged First Aid

After all, we’re talking about care for some of the most vulnerable people in our community. And care for those with special needs are complex, often involving mental health as well as physical health.

Type 1 Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes
Disease

Disease

Understanding Diabetes Types

In Australia, people are diagnosed with Diabetes at a rate of one every 5 minutes. Type 1 accounts for 10% of Diabetes in Australia and is increasing. Type 2 accounts for 85% of Diabetes in Australia and is increasing.

Australia has around 100 venomous snakes — 12 with a bite that can kill
Bites and Stings

Bites and Stings

Identify & Treating Snake Bites

More deaths would no doubt result if we did not have access to anti-venom to treat these bites. When a snake bite has occurred, it is not necessary to catch or kill the snake in order to identify it.