Little Lives First Aid Training

Anybody with a toddler or small child will know how dangerous button batteries can be. If swallowed button batteries can be extremely dangerous and in some cases fatal. Here are some tips to try and stop that from happening.

⚠️ Therapeutic Goods Administration - TGA safety advisory: Baby deaths associated with home-use foetal heart monitors

Using a home-use foetal heart monitor to check a baby’s heartbeat may seem reassuring but it can be dangerously misleading. The TGA has received reports of instances where they have provided false reassurance, leading to delayed medical attention and deaths.

There are NO home-use foetal heart monitors approved for sale in Australia by the TGA.

These devices are not a substitute for professional care. DO NOT rely on home-use foetal heart monitors to check your baby’s heartbeat.

If you are concerned about your unborn baby’s wellbeing, seek immediate attention from your midwife or doctor.

The TGA advises expectant parents to exercise extreme caution when considering using home-use foetal heart monitors to check their baby’s wellbeing.

Read more: https://www.tga.gov.au/news/safety-alerts/baby-deaths-associated-home-use-foetal-heart-monitors

For the little ones during in the cyclone 🌀

https://www.childrens.health.qld.gov.au/our-work/birdies-tree-natural-disaster-recovery/birdies-tree-storybooks/birdie-and-the-cyclone?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0FxlqFPTckakJMNp2n5yu6z2QMg_tCLaYNJQ06L8fUWC0EZneOYcu4yXk_aem_zvIPahkFfdyCk7VXMzcDMw

Birdie and the cyclone Storybooks, videos and resources to help young children and their families cope with cyclones.

Thankyou for supporting Little Lives First Aid Training throughout 2024. It has been a fun year meeting and educating all the parents, grandparents, aunties, uncles and carers. Looking forward to 2025 and the opportunities it will bring.

It’s that time of year. If your child receives a toy/book with a button battery make sure its secure or remove it. 🧸 📚 🪫

Always buy bright coloured swimwear for your children 🏊‍♂️🌞🌊

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Think your little one couldn’t possible shove something up their nose that they shouldn’t? Think again! 😬 Over the past 10 years, our emergency department has recorded more than 1,650 presentations of weird and wonderful 🤔 objects stuck up children’s noses. Rounding out the top 10 are... 👃 Beads 👃 Lego 👃 Balls 👃 Seeds 👃 Nuts 👃 Toys 👃 Buttons 👃 Crayons 👃 Magnets 👃 Batteries We’ve also treated more than 10,200 children - or roughly 2 to 3 children a day - who have ingested something they shouldn’t. To read more about the interesting things kids put in their mouth 👄, nose 👃 and ears 👂 , head to the link in our bio! #QCHTurns10 #DecadeOfCare #EmergencyDepartment #StuckUpNoses #ED #SwallowedObjects #Emergency

Trick or treat 👻 🎃 🕷️

It’s warm outside and with the warm weather comes lots of water play.

Only 1 in 10 survive a cardiac arrest, let’s work hard to change that. CPR and first aid courses give you the knowledge and confidence to act immediately if someone is having a cardiac arrest. Contact Little Lives First Aid Training if you would like to book a class.