CPR can be a life-saving technique, but it’s important to know how to do it correctly. This includes understanding the basic steps of CPR and how to adapt them for a child. The first step is to assess the situation and call emergency services if the child is unresponsive and not breathing. If they are […]
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It is often said that asthma is not diagnosed in children under the age of two years old, but actually children can often suffer from a viral-induced wheeze up to 5 years old, and still not warrant an asthma diagnosis. This is because children have so many viral illnesses when they are in infancy and
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Asthma First Aid Nearly 2.7 million people in Australia have asthma. That’s just above 10.7% of the population. Within the adult population, more females have asthma than males, but in children, the rate is relatively even between males and females. Asthma can look different in each individual person. If you have been diagnosed with asthma
Babies are not as fragile as we believe them to be. They are born with many natural survival instincts such as the gag reflex, the diving reflex and the rooting and sucking reflex. However they are unable to tell us how they feel, which means that emergency situations with a very young child can be
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Anaphylaxis can take hold quickly and silently. Although most first-time allergic reactions happen in young children, emergencies can also strike in adulthood. The movies depict anaphylaxis to look like a swollen face and a big tongue, but actually, anaphylaxis often looks much different to this. We will go through the signs, symptoms, first
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