Newborn and Baby First Aid Resources
Preciouscare - Baby Safe Program Face to Face courses
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Taking your newborn baby home is an incredibly exciting time, but many parents feel daunted by the responsibility that comes with caring for a baby.
Recognising signs of serious illness and knowing when and where to seek help is essential knowledge for all parents and caregivers. Would you know what to do in an emergency?
Preciouscare developed the Baby Safe Program to provide parents and grandparents with the latest evidence-based guidance on safe sleeping, recognising signs of serious illness in young babies, knowing when and where to seek professional help and how to provide essential first aid in a baby emergency.
They can provide you with the knowledge and skills to deal with an emergency in the first year of your baby’s life with confidence. Our programs are designed to cover the essentials of baby safety, without being too overwhelming or too technical.
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Associate Professor Rosemarie Boland (PhD) is a newborn educator, neonatal intensive care nurse and midwife with over 30 years experience. She specialises in providing first aid training for parents of newborn babies and ex-premature infants. In addition, she develops training programs, clinical practice guidelines and resources for medical, nursing, midwifery and paramedic healthcare professionals in Victoria in her role as a statewide perinatal educator with the neonatal emergency retrieval team.
A/Professor Rose Boland has over 25 peer reviewed publications, has written text book chapters and helps develop guidelines for Ambulance Victoria around obstetric and newborn emergencies.
The Baby Safe Program was developed by A/Professor Rose Boland. All classes (small group, private and virtual) are taught by A/Professor Rose Boland.
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In our series of classes and videos, we cover the following topics:
Safe sleep environment to reduce the risk of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy
Safe wrapping versus use a safe sleeping bag
Recognising signs of an unwell baby
Seeking professional help: who, where and when
Managing illness in the first few months after birth: fever, croup, and bronchiolitis
Rashes
Vomiting and possetting
Bath and water safety
When to call for help in an emergency
Baby First Aid/Baby Basic Life Support, including:
- Baby cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (Baby CPR)
- Management of choking on food
- Management of choking on milk
- Febrile Convulsions
- Button Battery ingestion
- Prevention of drowning- bath and water safety
Preciouscare - Baby Safe Program
E-Learning courses
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Taking your newborn baby home is an incredibly exciting time, but many parents feel daunted by the responsibility that comes with caring for a baby.
Recognising signs of serious illness and knowing when and where to seek help is essential knowledge for all parents and caregivers. Would you know what to do in an emergency?
Preciouscare developed the Baby Safe Program to provide parents and grandparents with the latest evidence-based guidance on safe sleeping, recognising signs of serious illness in young babies, knowing when and where to seek professional help and how to provide essential first aid in a baby emergency.
They can provide you with the knowledge and skills to deal with an emergency in the first year of your baby’s life with confidence. Our programs are designed to cover the essentials of baby safety, without being too overwhelming or too technical.
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Associate Professor Rosemarie Boland (PhD) is a newborn educator, neonatal intensive care nurse and midwife with over 30 years experience. She specialises in providing first aid training for parents of newborn babies and ex-premature infants. In addition, she develops training programs, clinical practice guidelines and resources for medical, nursing, midwifery and paramedic healthcare professionals in Victoria in her role as a statewide perinatal educator with the neonatal emergency retrieval team.
A/Professor Rose Boland has over 25 peer reviewed publications, has written text book chapters and helps develop guidelines for Ambulance Victoria around obstetric and newborn emergencies.
The Baby Safe Program was developed by A/Professor Rose Boland. All classes (small group, private and virtual) are taught by A/Professor Rose Boland.
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In our series of classes and videos, we cover the following topics:
Safe sleep environment to reduce the risk of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy
Safe wrapping versus use a safe sleeping bag
Recognising signs of an unwell baby
Seeking professional help: who, where and when
Managing illness in the first few months after birth: fever, croup, and bronchiolitis
Rashes
Vomiting and possetting
Bath and water safety
When to call for help in an emergency
Baby First Aid/Baby Basic Life Support, including:
- Baby cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (Baby CPR)
- Management of choking on food
- Management of choking on milk
- Febrile Convulsions
- Button Battery ingestion
- Prevention of drowning- bath and water safety
ACCC Product Safety - The latest information on baby safe products
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is Australia’s peak consumer protection and competition agency. Part of the ACCC’s role is to enforce the product safety provisions of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA).
‘Your First Steps’ contains important information for parents and carers to consider when purchasing, installing, and using baby products, to keep babies safe.
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Sleep safe
Move safe
Soothe safe
Play safe
Bath and Change safe
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Baby Product safety information and recalls
https://www.productsafety.gov.au/
Your First Steps
The steps you can take for baby product safest
The complete and trusted online parenting resource
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At raisingchildren.net.au, we provide free, reliable, up-to-date and independent information to help your family grow and thrive together. We’re funded by the Australian Government, reviewed by experts and non-commercial, so you know you can trust us.
Designed for busy families and full of tips and tricks for you to try, our content is easy to find and easy to digest. We have the answers to hundreds of parenting questions, where and when you need them.
Our articles, videos and interactive resources are tailored to different ages and stages, taking you from nurturing a newborn to raising a confident, resilient teen – and helping you to look after yourself as a parent too.
raisingchildren.net.au is here for you, every step of your parenting journey..
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Parenting Research Centre
The Royal Children’s Hospital
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
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Information about
Pregnancy
Newborns
Babies
Toddlers
Preschoolers
School Age
Pre-teens
Teens
Grown-ups
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MCHN LINE- confidential and 24-hour line - 13-22-29
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The confidential, 24-hour Maternal and Child Health Line can give you information and advice about the care and health of your child (from birth to school age). When you call, qualified maternal and child health nurses can discuss your concerns about child health and nutrition, breastfeeding, your own health and any parenting issues.
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The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Service works in partnership with families to care for babies and young children until they start school.
The service is free for all Victorian families.
You can visit MCH nurses at 10 key stages of your child's development. The visits focus on optimising child and family health, wellbeing, safety, learning and development.
Your MCH nurse offers additional visits, first time parenting groups, and links to local community activities and services when extra support is needed.
Maternal and Child Health Line - call 13 22 29 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week). Families with children from birth to school age can speak to an MCH nurse for advice and support.
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https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/serviceprofiles/maternal-and-child-health-line
Cost of a local call from anywhere in Victoria.
Red Nose - Safe sleep advice and bereavement support
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Red Nose is Australia’s leading authority on safe sleep and safer pregnancy advice, and bereavement support for anyone affected by miscarriage, stillbirth the death of a baby or child.
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Red Nose Australia was founded in 1977 by bereaved parents who wanted to make sure the devastating impact of the death of their child never happened to anyone else – by finding out why their babies died suddenly and unexpectedly, and then educating parents and health professionals about how to prevent it.
The work continues today. Because while we have reduced SIDS by 80% and invested more than $18 million into lifesaving research, 3,000 babies and young children still die suddenly and unexpectedly each year in Australia, and 1 in 4 pregnancies ends in miscarriage.
Through world-class research, lifesaving education programs, and vital bereavement support services, we continue the work of our founders.
https://rednose.org.au/page/red-nose-today
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Information and Advice
Grief and Loss support services
Professional support and education
Research
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