- All our trainers have a medical/professional first aid background, and are parents.
- All trainers have been carefully screened by Little Aid, come with a WWC and/or Police Check.
- In addition to a relevant background, each trainer receives further training with Little Aid until deemed competent to conduct courses on their own.
- The information given by Little Aid complies with current Australian standards as set by the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC), a legal requirement for quality first aid providers.
Michelle
Michelle has been in the industry since 2000. Her background started at the ambulance 000 centre, which involved being the first point of contact in emergencies with the public. She then became a Workplace Trainer and thoroughly enjoyed this role. After her second daughter was born, Michelle entered the world of first aid training for major organizations doing accredited courses before starting Little Aid in 2008.
“I just wanted to give parents peace of mind, that they know what to do when things go wrong, give them confidence in a relaxed environment and make a serious topic fun! I know all too well as a mother that treating your own child is different to learning in any other first aid course, and this is why I’m so passionate about Little Aid. I love what I do!”
Nina
Nina is a registered nurse who has had extensive experience in a hospital environment in the Philippines. She then became a mother two two boys, meanwhile working as a swimming instructor for babies. Yearning to return to her nursing experience, but wanting to focus on babies, Nina joined the team of Little Aid. Educating new parents has been a very rewarding experience for her both as a professional and a parent.
“Little Aid has given me a chance to share with fellow parents how different it is to treat a patient as opposed to treating your own child. It is very important, in my opinion, that parents hear the correlation of a first aid principle to an actual experience and I think this makes them feel empowered that they can deal with it themselves. Not as a nurse did I learn about “realistically” staying calm, but in being a mother to 2 toddlers. This is the joy that Little Aid has given me, being able to share to people experiences, teaching them, and having fun!”
Sean
Sean and his wife with their 3 boys live in Bendigo, he has an extensive background in nursing with experience in intensive care and accident and emergency. For the past 3 years, Sean has been working as a paramedic for Ambulance Victoria. He is a qualified Paramedic Clinical Instructor (educating new paramedics/students) and is passionate about teaching.
I have always enjoyed helping people to further their own knowledge. By empowering mums/ dads/ caregivers with the knowledge of what to do in an emergency, it not only gives you confidence but life-saving skills (just in case!)I love teaching. Finding out about Little Aid was a revelation, especially from a paramedic prospective. As a paramedic, going to a paediatric job is one of the most anxious occasions we experience. But if we turn up to a job where a high standard of first aid has been provided to that child, it makes our work sooooooooo much easier!
While raising my 3 boys I was fortunate to have already learned these skills as a nurse, I believe the time and effort invested in learning 1st aid is invaluable.
Fantastic Baby First Aid course, run by Sean today in Mernda! Highly recommended, we all learned so much, hopefully we’ll never have to use it, but feel much better that I know what to do!
Carissa
I just wanted to say thankyou for everything. Sean was truly amazing. He is a great person to be giving the couples courses. Sean really took the time to answer all my questions and go over things that I was unsure about. He was just so nice! He even took the time to go through our first aid kit and tell us how to use each item. I can’t sing his praises highly enough!!
Kate
Narelle
Narelle is a mother of a teenage daughter, and has worked in a hospital environment for several years. Narelle joined St John Ambulance in 2007, gaining extensive training in first aid, both in the training environment as well as hands-on with the public and she still enjoys volunteering for St John at various events. Narelle has worked and trained extremely hard to gain the relevant qualifications to instruct first aid as this has become her passion, particularly from a parent’s point of view!
Little Aid has given me the ability to pass on the knowledge I have gained from joining St John Ambulance. I believe every person, parent, grandparent, sister, brother, aunt or uncle who is in your child’s life should be able to apply basic first aid as the value of being able to apply first aid when anaccident occurs is so important! Having the odd cuddle with a little baby during courses is a bonus as well as I just love babies and children!
Thanks to Narelle for yesterday she was really lovely and relaxed and it was real success.
Neri
A big thank you to Nina who gave a wonderful course today. She did not draw breathe for 3 hours and was very informative and entertaining. The mums were really pleased with the course and we all gained a wealth of information.
thank you again and I will pass on your details to others that I know that may be interested.Marney and the Mums of Aspendale, Edithvale and Chelsea mums group
Just a quick note to thank you and Narelle for the very valuable course on Sunday. Our mother’s group mums and dads very much enjoyed the session and the hands-on advice. Many thanks to Narelle for bearing with lots and lots of questions and us not coming out of breaks on time. Great course!
Sabine
