First Aid Courses & Training - FACT

24/12/2025

Merry Christmas 🎄
I hope your day is full of joy, good food, and time with family and friends. Thank you for your support this year.

16/12/2025

Renee has lived a life stitched together with love, family and crochet hooks. 🫶

That was until she suffered a stroke a few months ago. Renee suddenly couldn't move the right side of her body and was unsure if she’d ever pick up a crochet hook again.

'I noticed my speech was slurring and by the time I got to Proserpine Hospital, within the hour, my whole right side was paralysed,' Renee said.

Doctors transferred her to the Mackay Base Hospital stroke unit, where she spent four weeks in acute care before moving to the rehabilitation ward. 🏥

Renee has volunteered with Meals on Wheels for over 20 years and has lived alone since her husband passed away four years ago. For someone so independent and active, the sudden loss of function and dignity was devastating. 😔

Renee has been crocheting blankets for her nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. It was a project she started last year to ensure no future great-grandchild would miss out on 'one of Nanny’s blankets.'

When she suffered the stroke, she still had one-and-a-half blankets left to finish.

Senior occupational therapist Maddy (pictured with Renee) and the rehabilitation team worked with Renee. They helped her regain movement and coordination in her right side through repetitive exercise and retraining her brain. 🧠

Gradually, Renee built strength and control. She celebrated many rehab milestones, like making her own toast and pulling up her own pants. When her crochet hook proved too thin to manage, Maddy improvised a thicker handle for easier grip. 🌟

'Adaptation is a huge part of what we do,' Maddy said.

'It’s about finding ways for people to keep doing the things that matter most to them. For Renee, that was crocheting.'

Now preparing to go home, Renee said the key to her recovery had been persistence and purpose. 🔑

'Laying down and giving up is too easy. For me, a goal like finishing those blankets gave me something to really look forward to,' she said.

'With help from the OTs, I’m on top of the world that my great-grandkids won’t miss out on one of Nanny’s blankets now.'

We're so glad you can get back to doing what you love, Renee. All the best with your continued recovery! ❤️

Via Mackay Hospital and Health Service

10/12/2025

Learn first aid and know the signs!!

Stroke Can Strike At Any Age

08/12/2025

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01/12/2025

Learning first aid can be lifesaving!!

😔❤️Michelle Geary tragically lost her life after she was bitten by an eastern brown snake.

She was a teacher at Gayndah State School for 22 years. See how her students and the school have honoured her: ➡️ https://bit.ly/3M7As4G

16/11/2025

FIRST AID & CPR COMPLETED IN ONE SESSION

✔ Practical, hands-on approach
✔ Nationally certified training
✔ Easy registration

Small groups – practical, supportive & fun
Simple online booking

Weekdays • Evenings • Saturdays
Fees: Pay at training

Call or email to register:
📧 Elsa@factqld.com.au
📞 04 8844 2325

16/11/2025

FIRST AID & CPR COMPLETED IN ONE SESSION

✔ Practical, hands-on approach
✔ Nationally certified training
✔ Easy registration

Small groups – practical, supportive & fun
Simple online booking

Weekdays • Evenings • Saturdays
Fees: Pay at training

Call or email to register:
📧 Elsa@factqld.com.au
📞 04 8844 2325

16/11/2025

FIRST AID SAVES LIVES
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📧 Elsa@factqld.com.au
📞 04 8844 2325

01/11/2025

🌟 We’re Hiring – Disability Support Workers 🌟

Do you want a career where you can truly make a difference?
Join our dedicated team and help empower people with disabilities to live fulfilling and independent lives.

✨ What we offer:
• Supportive and friendly team environment
• Flexible hours (casual, part-time & full-time positions)
• Training and ongoing professional development
• Rewarding work where every day makes an impact

✨ Your role will include:
• Providing personal and community support
• Assisting with daily living and lifestyle activities
• Promoting independence, choice, and inclusion
• Building meaningful connections with clients

✨ What we’re looking for:
• Passionate, caring, and reliable people
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Previous experience or qualifications in disability support (desirable but not essential – training provided)
• Current First Aid/CPR & NDIS Worker Screening (or willingness to obtain)

📍 Location: Mackay

👉 Apply today and be part of a team that makes a real difference!

📧 Email your resume to: elsa@factqld.com.au
📞 Call: 04 8844 2325

28/10/2025

First aid saves lives…book training today!!!

Make a difference…

A 11-year-old girl was hospitalized and underwent urgent surgery after she tripped and landed on a sharpened pencil, which pierced her left common carotid artery.

During recess, she slipped and fell onto the pencil, which remained protruding from her left neck. Initially, she was taken to a regional health center but was urgently transferred by ambulance to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, with the pencil still lodged in her neck.

Fortunately, there was no bleeding from the wound, and her vital signs were normal. However, the pencil was pulsating with her pulse, raising concerns among the doctors. They ordered a neck CT angiogram to investigate the situation inside her neck and discovered that the pencil was lodged in her left common carotid artery, causing a complete blockage.

The surgeons then proceeded to the operating room to examine the wound. Once inside, they identified and tagged the artery using a vessel loop, exposing the pencil (as shown in the second photo). After administering heparin (an anticoagulant), the doctors clamped her arteries, removed the pencil, and finally closed the wound.

She made a swift recovery in the hospital and was discharged a few days later, accompanied by painkillers to manage the immense pain she would have experienced after having her neck impaled with a 2B pencil.

She continued to recover and underwent ultrasounds six weeks later, then every six months for a year, and finally annually for two years. At three years, her ultrasound revealed no signs of any abnormalities, and she is generally quite healthy, albeit a bit cautious about art class or any activities involving pencils.

16/10/2025

Learn First Aid & CPR
It’s a FACT — these skills can save lives!

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📞 Call: 0488 442 325
📧 Email: elsa@factqld.com.au