St John Ambulance
St John Ambulance Australia is a self-funding charitable organisation active in all States and Territories, dedicated to helping people in sickness, distress, suffering or danger.
St John is Australia's largest first aid trainer, teaching practical life-saving skills to around a quarter of a million people each year.
St John has around 10 000 first aid volunteers who provide first aid coverage at public events and wherever crowds gather. Volunteers include Juniors (8-10 years) Cadets (11-18 years) and adults. Other volunteers are involved in providing other community care support services and awareness programs.
St John and the Raising Children Network
St John have kindly allowed the Raising Children Network website to reproduce materials from the quick reference guide in the RCN website. In addition, RCN and St John worked closely together to produce some other reference materials for first aid in the Parenting in Pictures section of the website. These have included easy to use information for parents on choking first aid and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation for both infants and children.
Caring for Kids First Aid Training Course
St John ‘Caring for Kids’ is a comprehensive yet simple first aid training course suitable for parents, guardians and/or carers of young children up to the age of 12. This course provides the knowledge and skills to manage everyday emergency situations.
Caring for Kids course content
- Management of medical emergencies for children
- Management of an incident and assessment of casualty
- Provide infant and child Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Management of wounds, bleeding, burns and fractures
- Management of poisons, bites and stings
- Acute illness in infants and children
Bookings can be made by calling 1300 360 455 or visiting www.stjohn.org.au and selecting your State/Territory.
- Last reviewed13-06-2006
