Workshops

16 May 2025

From Moms to Super Moms: First Responders Course for Mothers

A unique offering for mothers. To celebrate Mother's Day 2025, CIME in collaboration with the Department of Early Childhood Development, ran a half-day hands-on training on how mothers can respond to emergencies at home ( including bleeding, burns, head injury, falls, fractures, drowning, and administering bystander CPR); followed by a well being session sharing along with parenting tips. 

The first responders' part was developed and taught by my team. Our brief interaction with the mothers showed us a real gap that parents (men and women) face in terms of information, knowledge, and available training. What better way to plug this gap than by offering experiential learning through simulation? Once these parents go home, they are on their own. Giving them time to practice in a safe space, so they can build confidence and clear up self-doubts, is essential. 

We have now decided to run this training a few times in a year, as a service to the community and also as a research project to inform future advocacy for parents to receive continuous training.

To the left is an Instagram link showing a video of the course. 

Here is a blog article which serves as a needs analysis for this course. Moms as First Responders of Health and Wellbeing for Children. Written by Shelina Bhamani & Selina Hasan

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