First Minutes Matter program
Community trauma training
Cost: FREE
First Minutes Matter is a free safety education program utilising LifeFlight's decades of aeromedical experience. Delivered as in-person workshops or a self-paced online program, First Minutes Matter will equip you with practical skills for time-critical medical situations while professional help is on the way. What you'll learn could save a life or improve patient outcomes.
*This program is not accredited. However, you will learn from LifeFlight's experienced training team.
If your town isn't listed in the workshops above, submit an expression of interest for us to visit your town!
LifeFlight has saved 81,000+ lives since 1979. We want to share our lifesaving knowledge.
Learn how to:
- Describe types of burns and how to treat them
- Understand causes of bleeding in trauma and control bleeding
- Assess and treat snake bits and immobilise the limb
- Help a choking child and adult
- Recognise a seizure and how to assist
- Perform CPR and be aware of Automated External Defibrillators
- Learn about helpful equipment to keep on hand
Why do the training?
Patient outcomes are dramatically improved by actions taken in the first minutes after a trauma incident before emergency crews arrive. You can make a difference.
"We were out on a Sunday afternoon ride. Another group of riders have come around the corner. So we've hit head-on... I was unconscious for about 15 minutes. I have four little kids at home. They wouldn’t have a mum today if it wasn’t for the quick thinking of others and LifeFlight." - Tiffany Thomson, South West Resident
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