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Whilst working as an OFSTED registered Nanny I saved a toddler from choking by using First Aid.

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31/08/2025

Kids are back to school next week!

As children start mixing at schools and nurseries again, so do the germs that cause common winter bugs like coughs, sore throats and many more…it’s hard to know when to keep your children at home and when it’s safe to send them back.

🤢 Do I need to keep my child off school?

Attached is a list of illnesses and the public health recommendation.

⛑️ For more first aid information or to book a first aid course for your place of work or family please contact Georgina at Tiny Emergency on ☎️ 07551008350

13/07/2024

Absolute pleasure teaching Paediatric First Aid to Josh, Amber and their wonderful team The Wooden Horse Nursery in Whitby today ⛑️

For more information on first aid courses for your work place or family contact Georgina Tiny Emergency on 07551008350 or info@tinyemergency.co.uk

26/06/2024

Hot 🥵 weather 🌦️ babies 👶

For first aid ⛑️ courses contact Georgina Tiny Emergency on 📞 07551008350 or info@tinyemergency.co.uk

03/04/2024

⚠️ Choking Hazards ⚠️

🍭Marshmallows 🍬
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While marshmallows are always a choking hazard—this is an especially important reminder now that we tend to see marshmallows gifted over Easter and 'easter marshmallows' being sold in popular stores.⁠
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They can be enjoyed safely; they just need to be torn up into tiny pieces (or eaten by mum or dad while your little one is none the wiser 😉). ⁠
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Check out the American Peadiatrics Association Choking Prevention Fact Sheet for more 👉🏼
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/injuries-emergencies/Pages/Choking-Prevention.aspx

For more first aid information or courses for your family or workplace 📞 Georgina at Tiny Emergency 07551008350 or 💻 info@tinyemergency.co.uk

Credits: CPR kids

04/12/2023

Fire 🔥 Safety 🎄

We Tiny Emergency have finally put up our Christmas tree🌲

If you buy a real Christmas tree 🎄 please remember to water your tree and turn off the lights when you are asleep 😴 or away from home 🏡 as this can be a potential fire 🔥 hazard.

Thank you to The Sun for the reminder.

22/11/2023

❄️ Winter coats and jackets with padding can stop car seats from working correctly. 🚗

❄️ With the days getting colder and colder, we're all reaching for our warmest and thickest coats to keep the chill at bay.

❄️ This includes our little ones, who we often wrap up in hats, scarfs and thick coats

❄️ And while it is important to keep your children warm throughout the winter, it is also very important to know the dangers of putting them in a car seat with a jacket on.

❄️ In the event of an accident or even a harsh break, the layers of a coat can stop the car seat from working correctly, and in turn put your little one at risk.

❄️ Car seat retailer Be Safe explain that most winter coats are filled up with materials such a feathers, which stops the seat from being tightened properly to a child's upper body.

❄️ As a result, the car seat cannot keep your child as firmly in place as it is designed to.

❄️ On their website, they write: "In the event of an impact where your child is pushed out of the seat and into the harness, the forces are so strong that the air in the coat is released.

❄️ This results in your child having too much space for movement, as the harness is not tight enough to hold them back securely.

❄️ When travelling with children in winter, we strongly encourage you to avoid having them wear thick winter jackets.

❄️ Instead of keeping their coat on, you can keep your kids warm in other ways which do not risk their safety.

❄️ For example, you can put your child's coat on back-to-front once the car seat belt is firmly secured.

❄️ You can also pop blankets over them after they are buckled up, or even use a hot water bottle to heat the car seat up before they get in.

⛑ For more safety and First Aid tips follow Tiny Emergency or to book a First Aid course for your family or workplace 📞 Georgina 07551008350 or email info@tinyemergency.co.uk

Credits: Heart FM
Be Safe

28/10/2023

⚠️ Child safety 👶

With the clocks ⏰ turning back tonight and the darker nights we need to consider child safety even more.

⚠️ This is a post that needs sharing every year by everyone!

🚗 There is a child in both photos in the same position with a different colour coat on. Really important when choosing winter clothes.

🧥 Brighter coats or coats with stripes that illuminate when car head lights shine on the coat.

For more information on first aid ⛑️ courses for your family or business contact Georgina at Tiny Emergency 📞 07551008350 or 💻 info@tinyemergency.co.uk

Pic credit: Christian Thomas

14/10/2023

👶 Are blueberries a common choking hazard for babies? ⚠️

🍇 Yes. The round shape, small size, and firmness of a blueberry makes it a choking hazard for babies. To minimize the risk, flatten fresh blueberries into a disc shape between your fingers, quarter them and stir into other foods, or cook them until they burst.

For first aid courses for your family or your workplace 📞 Georgina at Tiny Emergency on 07551008350 or 💻 info@tinyemergency.co.uk

09/10/2023

⚠️ 👶 🏡

Every parent and carer needs to see this.

You're at home. You realise it's quiet, and your child doesn't respond when you call out to see where they are.

As a parent, you will want to find your child as quickly as possible - and your instinct may tell you to check all of the most likely places that they will be (like under the beds).

What you MUST do instead, is prioritise checking places where there is a danger to the child, and where time is crucial.
This includes anywhere with water (pools, baths, washing machines, toilets, bird baths, buckets, etc.), anywhere they could be trapped and unsafe (the car, boot of the car), or where they could be headed for danger, like the road.

It is better to find them safe under a bed after checking these places, than the other way around.

For first aid courses for your family or your workplace 📞 Georgina at Tiny Emergency on 07551008350 or 💻 info@tinyemergency.co.uk

Credits: cpr kids

23/09/2023

Tiny Emergency had so much fun teaching the 12 hour Paediatric First Aid for OFSTED ⛑️ to the fabulous team at the Little Teapots Nursery

🌺 Located in the beautiful North York Moors National Park Little Teapots offers lots of opportunities for the children to explore and make memories in nature.

👶 We were even joined by the littlest teapot, Otto, little boy of the owner Ellie 🫖

Check out Little Teapots Nursery page for more information.

If you would like to book a first aid course for your business or for your family 📞 Georgina at Tiny Emergency on 07551008350 or 💻 info@tinyemergency.co.uk

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14/08/2023

⚠️ DROWNING ⚠️

🏊‍♀️ Watch your kids while they swim. Many kids will drown right in front of their parents, because drowning doesn’t look like what you think it does.

👀 Do YOU know what it looks like?

📺 It’s not what you see on TV. TV dramatizes it to keep you in suspense and make you keep watching.

This is what drowning REALLY looks like:

🤐 1) It’s SILENT. No splashes. No screams. They are trying to breathe and can’t make noises.

💨 2) It’s FAST! It takes 20-60 seconds.

💦 3) There is no jumping out of the water or arms flailing around. It happens almost entirely under water.

👦 4) Their head will be arched up, attempting to reach the surface to breathe. They may bob up and down just at the surface for a little while and this can look like doggy paddling/playing.

💦 5) Under the water, they are in a vertical, up and down position and their arms and legs are cycling as if they are trying to climb a ladder.

🏊‍♀️6) They can’t move forward much, if at all….not enough to get to safety.

💦 7) They can be right next to the wall or an exit and still not be able to reach it…and they will drown inches away from safety.

⚠️ 8 ) They can be in water shallow enough for them to stand in but not realize they can simply stand up, as they are in panic mode.

Learn to spot drowning. You just might save a little life!!

For more information on first aid courses for your family or workplace 📞 Georgina at Tiny Emergency on 07551008350 or 💻 email info@tinyemergency.co.uk

10/08/2023

⚠️ Choking Hazards ⚠️

👶 For babies & Children 👦

For more first aid information or courses for your family or workplace 📞 Georgina at Tiny Emergency 07551008350 or 💻 info@tinyemergency.co.uk

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