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What to Pack in a Camping First Aid Kit
Your Camping First Aid Checklist Are you looking forward to some time out this holiday season? If you’re heading off camping, or even if you’re off on a roadtrip – it’s worth the small amount of time it takes to…
Why First Aid is The Life Skill EVERYONE Needs
When did you last learn First Aid? Let’s have a show of hands (and be honest!)… Have you only done First Aid training because of work? Or perhaps you’ve never even thought about going to a course. Maybe you know…
Top 10 Tips for Hay Fever Relief
Surviving this Hay Fever Season Spring is here & with it comes a collective groan – because it’s the start of ‘Hay Fever season’! Across Australia, almost 3 million people suffer from Hay Fever, the common name for ‘allergic rhinitis’.…
Top 4 Free First Aid Apps
Carry Life-Saving Knowledge on Your Smart Phone In today’s world, we all want up-to-date information at our fingertips, and First Aid is no different. So in this blog, we’ll reveal the four First Aid Apps that put reliable, evidence-based, life-saving…
Childhood Falls & Injuries: STOP before you Scoop!
Step-by-Step First Aid after Childhood Injuries & Accidents Has your child ever fallen from a height in the playground? Or sustained injuries from falling off the top bunk or out of a tree? Crashed their bike? Or even had a…
Children & Severe Food Allergies: A Parent’s Survival Guide
An Open (Heartfelt) Letter From One Food Allergy Parent to Another Dear New Allergy Parent, Has your child just been diagnosed with a peanut allergy? Or another severe allergy to dairy, eggs, soy, nuts or another food? I bet you’re…
What is Croup: Signs, Symptoms and Treatment
Have you ever found yourself furiously Googling ‘What is Croup’ at 2am? Feeling panicked because your child is terrified with a harsh, barking cough and you’re worried they’ll soon struggle to breathe? It’s definitely not fun at all. Croup can…
Automated External Defibrillators (AED’s) Demystified
When most of us think of defibrillators, we think of what we have seen in dramatised medical programs. We imagine the word “CLEAR” and a loud noise as the patient jumps. So, it’s no wonder that I frequently see hesitation,…
First Aid: Australian Spider Bites
I don’t know about you, but lately I have been noticing spiders on the move around my house. First aid for spider bites is a common topic that I get asked about. So, I thought I would write a brief blog on…
After a minor head injury: the rest and recovery period
At the start of the footy season I wrote a blog about head injuries and concussion. At that point I could already tell that head injuries were likely to feature in our season this year. The boys in my son’s…