Attention All Caregivers:

Train your staff! Train yourself! Sign Up Now for CPR and First Aid Training or Health and Safety Training! Prepare your staff to perform these lifesaving skills with confidence and competence.

  • CPR-Infant, Child and Adult-learn to recognize and respond to emergencies such as breathing and cardiac emergencies
  • First Aid-learn to recognize and respond to sudden illnesses, heat and cold related emergencies, and dressing artificial wounds
  • Bloodborne Pathogens-learning about communicable diseases and taking universal precautions, sanitizing and disinfecting spills etc...
  • Health and Safety Training- 15 hour class required by the state of New York for those opening a day care business in the home and/or working in a day care
  • Professional Development Classes-30 hours of training that day care providers need to take in order to fulfill requirements for licensing renewal

Trainer will come to your place of business to conduct CPR/First Aid classes with at least two people.  You must have a TV/DVD player with remote control or Internet connection to view the video.

Health and Safety classes will be conducted at the training site.

Professional development classes will also take place at the training site, however, trainer will come to your place of business as well to conduct classes with a minimum of 4 people needing training.
Life Savings Tips: Yahoo.health

Safe Sleep Rules to Protect Babies

• Babies sleep safer on their backs. Sleeping on the belly or the side is not safe for infants.

• Once infants are positioned to sleep on their backs, it's OK to let them sleep in whatever position they assume. 

• Risk for SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) drops after 4 months as per research findings by the American Association of Pediatrics (AAP).

• Use a firm crib mattress.  According to AAP, a firm sleep surface protects against SIDS and suffocation

• Don't put any object in the crib.  Cover the mattress with a fitted sheet and use a nightgown or pajamas to keep the baby warm.

• Sleep near your baby but don't have the baby sleep in your baby.  Babies should sleep in their cribs.

• Move the infant to a crib or flat surface if infant falls asleep in a sitting device.

• Breastfeeding lowers SIDS risks.  The AAP recommends breastfeeding exclusively for at least the first six months but any length of breastfeeding time is better than none at all.

• Use a pacifier.  According to AAP, studies have found that using a pacifier helps protect against SIDS even it the pacifier falls out of infant's mouth while sleeping.

• Avoid overheating your infant. It is recommended that infants be dressed in no more than one additional layer of clothing than you'd wear.

• Provide supervised "Tummy time". When infant is awake, place him or her on tummy daily. This position promotes healthy motor and muscle development.

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/dayinhealth/new-safe-sleep-rules/protect.html