Mini First Aid Sussex

49% of UK accidental drownings occur between May and August. Are you confident your child would know what to do if they fell into water or how to stay safe when playing near water?

Scroll through for some sobering statistics and facts about child drowning from

Drowning is largely preventable. Please take care to supervise small children at all times when in or near water and educate your teenagers about the dangers of swimming in rivers, lakes and estuaries.

Here are a few simple precautions and tips for water safety this summer ☀️💦

We're bringing our award winning early years class to the Glow Baby Play Centre camping weekend!

🏕Catch us on Saturday at 11am

Ideal for 3-6 year olds, children can bring along their favourite toy as their casualty and use our giant bears too.

We'll cover 999, minor injuries and what to do if something happens to the adult looking after you 🚑
Children receive a certificate, workbook and stickers.

Find out more and book https://sussex.minifirstaid.co.uk/classes/open/26836

Would you know what to do in an emergency with your little one ❓️

Our 2 hour baby & child first aid class is ideal for new parents, not so new parents, expectant parents, grandparents, carers, babysitters and more.

🚑We'll cover CPR, choking, bumps, breaks, burns, bleeding, allergies, febrile seizures and meningitis & sepsis awareness for babies and children for just £30.

Check out our upcoming dates or contact us about a private session.
💚Sat 27th June 10-12 at Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare Ringmer - Limited places remaining
💚Sun 28th June 2-4pm Blue Lagoon Warm Water Centres - only 2 places left
💚Sat 4th July 10-12 Muma Nurture Eastbourne
💚Sun 12th July 10-12 Glow Baby Play Centre Bexhill - Limited places remaining
💚Wed 12th Aug 6-8pm Giggleton Nr Haywards Heath

➡️Book or find upcoming dates at Sussex.minifirstaid.co.uk (parent/carer classes)

Cow parsley is a common plant in the UK, we are seeing it everywhere at the moment, but did you know that there is a similar, related plant, called Giant Hogweed, which is toxic and can cause severe skin blisters*, burns and even blindness?

Toxic components in the sap of leaves, stems, roots, flowers and seeds of Giant Hogweed can be transferred to the skin by touch, and they make skin super sensitive to sunlight, which can then cause rashes, burns and severe blistering.

NHS guidance is to wash the area of skin with soap and water as quickly as possible, keep it covered and seek medical advice.

If a burn appears, treat it as you would any skin burn:

• Stop the burn process as soon as possible.
• Cool the skin with cool running water for 20 minutes
• Cover the burn with cling film.
• Treat the pain from a burn with paracetamol or ibuprofen.

Please see your GP or call 111 if symptoms are severe or persistent.

Swipe the slides to see how to identify Giant Hogweed - if in doubt, do not touch and please contact the council if the plant is on council-owned land.

*Please note, we have not been able to source an image of how skin blisters due to hogweed would look on black or brown skin - if this has happened to you and you would like to share the image to help others understand how this presents, please DM us 💚

Front Slide Image credits:
Blister image: Dragan Marjanovic, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Hogweed Image: This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

The most common symptoms of type 1 diabetes in children are:

🚽 Toilet: Going to the toilet a lot to pass urine, bed wetting by a previously dry child or heavier nappies in babies. Getting up in the night to go to the toilet.
💦 Thirsty: Being really thirsty and not being able to quench the thirst. Your child may ask for a drink more often, finish drinks very quickly or you may notice they generally drink more.
💤 Tired: Feeling more tired than usual. Having less energy than normal, not playing as often, less energy for sports
🪞 Thinner: Losing weight or looking thinner than usual.

If your child has any of the signs or symptoms of diabetes, you should take them straight to the doctor and ask for a blood glucose test.