Every year, more than half a million children under five need to go to hospital after having an accident at home. A further 67,000 are injured or killed simply playing in their gardens. 83% of parents questioned by Mother & Baby magazine admitted that they wouldn’t remember what to do in an emergency.
St John Ambulance Cymru are committed to changing that. For over 100 years Wales’s leading first aid charity has been committed to saving lives and enhancing the health and well-being in the communities of Wales, and as a result we offer free basic Child & Infant First Aid Taster Sessions to teach parents and carers the important skills that could save a child's life.
Recently Ryan Cawsey, one of our community trainers, went along to Holy Trinity Church in Penrhyndeudraeth to deliver a free basic first aid demonstration session to the Arch Noa Parent, Carer, Baby and Toddler group.
Angela Swann from Arch Noa Parent, Carer, Baby and Toddler group said;
“I would just like to say how much we gained as a group, and as individuals, through the training offered by Ryan.
It is never easy working with children around but the challenge did not deter him from offering all the advice and information to help parents feel more confident when dealing with issues.”
Ryan taught the group basic first aid skills specific to children and infants, such as child and infant CPR and choking. The course is ideal for parents, carers, siblings, grandparents or anyone who comes into contact with children and wants to know the basics. Ryan said;
“The child and infant first aid course is very important because children aren’t able to see danger in the same way we can as adults, this can put them in situations that we might have to react to at a moment’s notice.
Completing the Child and Infant First Aid awareness session gives parents and carers the confidence and practical skills needed in those situations and the confidence to react at those critical times. We hope we never have to use first aid, but it’s important to have those skills in case we do.”
We offer these two hour demonstration courses free to community groups, disadvantaged groups such as the homeless and unpaid carers, as well as community groups such as church groups and mother and toddler groups.
All St John Ambulance Cymru trainers are qualified teachers or assessors holding a minimum Level 3 Certificate in Learning & Development. Our trainers are carefully recruited from relevant backgrounds to ensure they have real life experience. We have
trainers from the police, army, education and medical backgrounds.
You can find out more information about the Child & Infant First Aid Awareness course, and book a session on our website https://www.sjacymru.org.uk/en/page/training
Grŵp Mam a Babanod yn elwa o ddosbarth cymorth cyntaf am ddim
Bob blwyddyn, mae angen i fwy na hanner miliwn o blant dan bump oed fynd i'r ysbyty ar ôl cael damwain gartref. Mae 67,000 arall yn cael eu hanafu neu eu lladd yn chwarae yn eu gerddi. Cyfaddefodd 83% o rieni a holwyd gan gylchgrawn Mother & Baby na fyddent yn cofio beth i'w wneud mewn argyfwng.
Mae St John Ambulance Cymru wedi ymrwymo i newid hynny. Ers dros 100 mlynedd mae prif elusen cymorth cyntaf Cymru wedi ymrwymo i achub bywydau a gwella iechyd a lles yng nghymunedau Cymru, ac o ganlyniad rydym yn cynnig Sesiynau Blasu Cymorth Cyntaf sylfaenol i Blant a Babanod er mwyn addysgu rhieni a gofalwyr. sgiliau pwysig a allai achub bywyd plentyn.
Yn ddiweddar aeth Ryan Cawsey, un o’n hyfforddwyr cymunedol, draw i Eglwys y Drindod Sanctaidd ym Mhenrhyndeudraeth i gyflwyno sesiwn arddangos cymorth cyntaf sylfaenol am ddim i grŵp Rhiant, Gofalwr, Babanod a Phlentyn Arch Noa.
Meddai Angela Swann o grŵp Rhiant, Gofalwr, Gofalwr, Babanod a Phlant Arch Noa,
“Hoffwn ddweud faint yr ydym wedi’i ennill fel grŵp, ac fel unigolion, drwy’r hyfforddiant a gynigiwyd gan Ryan.
Nid yw byth yn hawdd gweithio gyda phlant o gwmpas ond ni wnaeth yr her ei atal rhag cynnig yr holl gyngor a gwybodaeth i helpu rhieni i deimlo’n fwy hyderus wrth ddelio â materion.”
Dysgodd Ryan sgiliau cymorth cyntaf sylfaenol sy'n benodol i blant a babanod i'r grŵp, fel CPR plant a babanod a thagu. Mae'r cwrs yn ddelfrydol ar gyfer rhieni, gofalwyr, brodyr a chwiorydd, neiniau a theidiau neu unrhyw un sy'n dod i gysylltiad â phlant ac sydd eisiau gwybod y pethau sylfaenol. Meddai Ryan,
“Mae’r cwrs cymorth cyntaf plant a babanod yn bwysig iawn oherwydd nid yw plant yn gallu gweld perygl yn yr un ffordd ag y gallwn ni fel oedolion, gall hyn eu rhoi mewn sefyllfaoedd y bydd yn rhaid i ni efallai ymateb iddynt ar fyr rybudd.
Mae cwblhau’r sesiwn ymwybyddiaeth Cymorth Cyntaf Plant a Babanod yn rhoi’r hyder a’r sgiliau ymarferol sydd eu hangen ar rieni a gofalwyr yn y sefyllfaoedd hynny a’r hyder i ymateb ar yr adegau hollbwysig hynny. Gobeithiwn na fydd yn rhaid i ni byth ddefnyddio cymorth cyntaf, ond mae’n bwysig cael y sgiliau hynny rhag ofn y byddwn yn gwneud hynny.”
Rydym yn cynnig y cyrsiau arddangos dwy awr hyn am ddim i grwpiau cymunedol, grwpiau difreintiedig fel y digartref a gofalwyr di-dâl, yn ogystal â grwpiau cymunedol fel grwpiau eglwys a grwpiau mam a phlentyn.
Mae holl hyfforddwyr St John Ambulance Cymru yn athrawon neu aseswyr cymwysedig sydd ag o leiaf Tystysgrif Lefel 3 mewn Dysgu a Datblygu. Mae ein hyfforddwyr yn cael eu recriwtio'n ofalus o gefndiroedd perthnasol i sicrhau bod ganddynt brofiad bywyd go iawn. Mae gennym ni
hyfforddwyr o gefndiroedd yr heddlu, y fyddin, addysg a meddygol.
Gallwch gael rhagor o wybodaeth am y cwrs Ymwybyddiaeth o Gymorth Cyntaf Plant a Babanod, ac archebu sesiwn ar ein gwefan https://www.sjacymru.org.uk/en/page/training
