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First aid learners practising CPR and emergency scenarios outdoors in a waka setting in Christchurch

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Aged care staff practicing CPR during onsite City First Aid training in Ashburton.

Every day first aid

Tourism staff practicing CPR and lifesaving skills outside during first aid training in central Christchurch

Foundation First Aid (unit standards)

Early childhood educators practising CPR and emergency response scenarios.

High risk or rural workplaces

Civil engineering staff participating in practical workplace emergency scenarios during first aid training.

Advanced First Aid

Advanced first aid learners practicing coordinated emergency response skills including CPR, oxygen therapy, and AED use.

Little ones first aid

Grandfather holding his grandson for City First Aid’s Little Ones, Big Questions programme.

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Behind the whiteboard #5 | Little Ones - Big Questions.

Small Ones. Big Questions. There is something uniquely vulnerable about being responsible for a tiny human. Not just because babies and children can become sick quickly, but because parenting is often carried out while exhausted, overstimulated, second-guessing yourself, and trying to make decisions under pressure when your brain went to bed 4 hours ago. Add conflicting advice, social media panic, and well-meaning opinions from everyone around you, and it can feel overwhelmin

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Behind the Whiteboard #4 | The test that never made sense.

I can't count how many times we've heard this same story, before class and during class, in private and out in the open. "I can't do exams. They make me freeze, or I can't read, or I have dyslexia." Even within my own family some became the class clown, because being funny and getting sent out was easier than failing. So many carry that same fear and bring it along to first aid training. We get it. We understand and have been there too. That fear is why we are so relieved tha

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April - a new month of awesome training

Well, here we are - definitely in autumn, but still waiting for summer to arrive. It’s warm and cosy in the classroom, so come hang out and learn some life-saving skills while you’re there. Be sure to check out our April classes. We’d love to see you.

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Behind the whiteboard #3

I’ve taught first aid in a lot of places. Boardrooms, community halls, tents, aircraft hangars, and garages, once under the watchful glass eyes of a mounted deer head named Bruce. Bruce never blinked or said a word. That’s what I call excellent focus. I’ve rocked babies to sleep in my arms, or walked around the room with them trying to get them to sleep, while watching their mama complete her assessment on the mat in front of me. I’ve worked around dogs, toddlers, and at leas

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