I received this info today. Hubby and I took these courses 2 years ago and sent our baby-sitter there earlier this year. Highly recommended!
Taught in small groups by two British doctors, Dr Michelle Wright and Dr Penny Fraser, in a friendly, relaxed English-speaking setting. These courses are designed to provide practical advice and information for the expat community, away from their usual support networks of family, friends, GPs and other healthcare professionals.
Course 1: Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for Babies and Children
This course is a hands-on workshop during which you can expect to:
- Understand the principles of infant and child CPR
- Use manikins to practice the skills of opening an airway, giving rescue breaths and performing chest compressions
- Learn how to help a choking or drowned child
- Practice the safe positioning of an unconscious child
- Learn about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (cot death) and how to reduce the risk
Course 2: First Aid for Child Injuries This course is packed with practical advice, hands on training, lively discussions and lots of information. Along with other topics, you can expect to:
- Learn how to deal with burns, scalds and electrocution
- Understand the importance of head injuries and what to do
- Practice how to deal with major bleeding, cuts, bites, broken bones and sprains
- Get advice on what you should have in your first aid kit and how to use it
Course 3: Childhood Illnesses: What You Need To Know Whenever we look after children, our own or someone else’s, it is helpful to know what important illnesses can affect them. Children can become sick quite quickly and if we learn how to recognise the early signs of some important illnesses, we will be best placed to help them. Amongst other topics, you can expect to:
- Learn about the danger of fevers and what to do about them
- Understand how to recognise an ill child and know when to call the doctor
- Recognise the warning signs of meningitis
- Get advice about how to deal with everyday common problems including diarrhoea, rashes, coughs and colds
Lausanne
Saturday 25th September 2010
Le Cazard, 15 Pré du Marché, 1004 Lausanne
Course 1: 9am – 12.30pm or 2pm – 5.30pm
Course 2: 9am – 12.30pm
Course 3: 2pm – 5.30pm
Vevey
Saturday 20th November 2010
Rue des Bosquets 9, 1800 Vevey
Course 1: 9am – 12.30pm or 2pm – 5.30pm
Course 2: 9am – 12.30pm
Course 3: 2pm – 5.30pm
Cost: Each course is 3½ hours long and costs 100 CHF per person. This includes a comprehensive course booklet.
For more information and to register:
E-mail drmichellewright (AT) gmail.com or call 079 821 8027
Dr Michelle Wright MBChB MRCGP DRCOG DCH
Michelle Wright is a British-trained General Practitioner (GP). She graduated from Bristol University Medical School in 1997 and first worked in hospital medicine as part of her General Practice training. This included time working in both Adult and Child Accident and Emergency Departments in a large London hospital. Michelle later worked as a GP in a busy inner-city London practice before moving to Switzerland in 2004. She is a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners, England.
Because of her special interest in child health, Michelle has taken a postgraduate diploma in Child Health from the Royal College of Paediatricians, England. To deepen her knowledge in Women’s Health to help in her work as a GP, she has also achieved a diploma from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, England.
Since moving to Switzerland, as well as her work with HealthFirst, Michelle is a regular contributor on World Radio Switzerland and has a weekly medical show called Health Matters. She also works as a Medical Author, including writing information leaflets about health topics for the general public on the website patient.co.uk.
Currently working as a doctor in the Staff Medical Service for the International Labour Organisation in Geneva, Michelle keeps up her clinical medical practice. Her work there includes carrying out medical examinations, helping with staff health queries, dealing with any emergency medical situations and staff health promotion.
As her professional career has evolved, Michelle has developed an interest in health education and this can be seen through the work that she does today. Observing through her own practice that ‘prevention is better than cure’, she is also a strong advocate for health promotion and disease prevention. She has had particular success in running groups to help people lose weight in Geneva.
Working as a doctor, Michelle has had first-hand experience of numerous medical emergencies. She is able to draw on this experience as a foundation for delivering First Aid training today.
Dr Penny Fraser MBBS BSc (Hons) MRCS (Eng)
Penny Fraser is the mother of two busy little girls aged 3 and 5, and a British-trained surgeon. She has always had an interest in emergency medicine and the provision of First Aid to the general public. During her medical training at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London, she was a volunteer for St John’s Ambulance LINKS unit, providing First Aid during various public events, including international rugby matches at Twickenham, the London Marathon and numerous West End shows.
She qualified as a doctor in 1999 and then further specialised as a surgeon, with a particular interest in emergency and plastic surgery. Her first line experience includes Accident and Emergency Medicine (inner city and suburban departments), Trauma and Orthopaedics for adults and children and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, including burns.
On moving to Geneva in 2004, she gained further experience of trauma and injuries from road traffic accidents, skiing and other sports working in the Centre D’Accueil et D’Urgences at the Hôpital Universitaire de Genève until the arrival of her first daughter.
In addition to her work with HealthFirst, Dr Penny Fraser is a freelance medical writer and broadcaster. She is a regular author for The New Stork Times, a parenting source for Switzerland (www.thestork.ch) and has also contributed to many programmes on World Radio Switzerland, including Health Matters, Dig It and Kids in Mind.
Dr Penny Fraser and Dr Michelle Wright are founder members of the Anglo-Swiss Medical Society, an international support network for Anglophone medical professionals living and/or working in Switzerland. The aims of the society are to foster a cultural understanding of medical care in Switzerland and how it is delivered as well as to facilitate the integration of society members into the Swiss healthcare system.
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