Free course empowers playgroup parents with vital first aid skills  

New parents gained vital first aid knowledge at a free course hosted by St John WA thanks to a new partnership with Playgroup WA. 

Six Playgroup WA parents took part in the Tiny Tots First Aid course on September 21, gaining essential skills to assist a toddler, infant or child in an emergency.  

The course marked a new partnership between the organisations, which aims to encourage parents to learn crucial first aid skills to protect their families and community.  

It comes after a national survey from St John Ambulance recently revealed Australian adults living with children were more likely to witness a medical emergency, but nearly half said they did not feel confident to take action to save a life.  

The survey found 68 per cent of adults living with someone under 18 in their household were concerned about emergencies occurring under their roof, compared to 53 per cent among all adults.     

Despite these fears, 46 per cent of adults with people under 18 in their household said they were not confident to provide first aid, with the survey revealing 26 per cent had never done first aid training.   

SJWA is on a mission to make first aid part of everyone’s lives by providing accredited and non-accredited training options to suit everyone’s needs.   

In the past financial year, SJWA has trained 116,000 people in first aid in person and online.  

The new partnership with Playgroup WA provides its members with a 20 per cent discount on SJWA’s Tiny Tots First Aid course to enable more parents to gain the skills to protect their child’s wellbeing and potentially save lives across the community.  

Playgroup WA has been supporting, servicing and establishing playgroups for children aged 0 to 5 years throughout WA for more than 50 years.   

To find out more or book a course, visit stjohnwa.com.au/first-aid-training/first-aid-sale.