Life First

Teaching skills to save a life

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Whether you are a parent, grandparent, babysitter or carer, a first aid class benefits everyone.  By learning some simple first aid skills and by practicing basic life saving techniques you can protect your young family and maybe save their life! 

FIRST AID CLASSES FOR NEW PARENTS

Why should you take a first aid class?

As a new parent keeping your baby safe can feel like a huge, frightening and overwhelming responsibility.  One of the best investments you can make to ease that sense of fear is to attend a first aid course.  By learning simple first aid principles and skills which you can apply calmly and competently, should you ever need to, will ease that sense of fear and boost your confidence!.  

 You can’t wrap your child up in cotton wool to keep them safe.  Babies and children get sick, accidents happen, despite your best efforts.  So. It’s best to be prepared!

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About Kate

Hi, 
Before coming to Belgium I was a qualified nurse with 25 years practical experience and a Master of Studies in Primary and Community Care from Cambridge University.  I completed the Rode Kruis Vlaanderen Brevet Eerste Hulp (Basiscursus) and Brevet Helper (Vervolgcursus) in March 2015.  Then through Aid Training and Operations Ltd in the UK completed a First Aid Instructors Course.  I teach in line with the requirements of the UK Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 with the content delivered in line with the Resuscitation Council (UK) Guidelines 2025. 

I am passionate about supporting women to have the best birth experience for them and their baby. As a Childbirth Educator and Hypnobirthing Teacher I offer Hypnobirthing courses as SIMPLY HYPNOBIRTH and more conventional childbirth education courses through THE POSITIVE BIRTH HUB.

I am the owner of www.pregnantinbelgium.com  All the information and resources you need all in one place with clear insights into the Belgian healthcare system, from selecting the ideal place to birth your baby to understanding your rights. And, demystifying the complexities of Belgian admin with health insurance and social security.

I look forward to meeting at a class soon

Kate Ellwood

First Aid Instructor Qualifications  

  • HABC Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work (QCF)

  • Automated Defibrillation Instructor

  • First Aid Instructor and Assessor (Adult and Paediatric)​

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MY FIRST AID CLASSES

Face to Face First Aid Classes

Duration: 3 hours
Price: €75 pp

This 'face to face' first aid class explains:

  • How to recognise when someone is choking and how to manage the situation - whether it be adult, child or baby

  • What to do for a baby or child if they are unresponsive and breathing or unresponsive and not breathing

  • How to treat a someone who is bleeding

  • How to treat someone who has a burn

Online First Aid Class

Duration: 2 hours
Price: €35 pp

This class explains:

  • How to recognise when someone is choking and how to manage the situation - whether it be adult, child or baby.

  • What to do for a baby or child who is unresponsive and breathing or unresponsive and not breathing

  • How to treat a someone who is bleeding

  • How to treat someone who has a burn

Your Baby is Choking - ​What Do You Do?

Duration: 30 minutes
Price: €15 pp

Be prepared! Many parents, weaning their baby from milk to solids are terrified of the risk of their child choking. This 30 minute online workshop explains what signs to look out for, the difference between gagging and choking and what to do!

Take 30 minutes out of your day to learn the skills to save a life!

Find out more!

What my clients are saying

  • Thank you so much for the class! We both loved it. I definitely feel much more confident now, should I ever need to help my child or anyone else. Also already ordered the first aid kits for home and travel and the book you recommended.

    Thank you once more and keep up the great work.

  • Thank you so much for coming over to do a private class for us. It was our pleasure to meeting you and learning from you. The skills was very useful and give us some confidence - today my baby choked a bit while eating, you were in my mind telling me to stay calm.....

  • Thanks a lot for the course yesterday. It was very good and useful!

  • I wanted to thank you for the very informative session yesterday. The biggest takeaway for me was to know that I should practice DR ABC, and can be of help in an emergency rather than be passive or panic.

  • Thank you for the session and the information. We found the hands-on approach very helpful.

  • Thank you so much for the very informative First Aid sessions. To be honest I feel that this is the best one out of three that I have attended. Thanks to your approach I feel more confident that I will know what to do in case of an emergency.

  • Kate Elwood is the amazing professional. I followed her class when my baby was 2 weeks old and had a refresher today with hubby and nanny after scary experience. Highly, highly recommended! And my now 1 year old couldn't let us practice on the dummies because she found them too cute to put them down!

  • A huge huge thank you for the well-organised course, Kate!​

  • Thank you very much for the materials and the very informative and helpful training!

  • That training was brilliant as always and I know that the staff enjoyed learning from you.