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“I found your courses really enjoyable and useful.”
Sarah Beeny, Channel 4 Television

Over the past 12 years I have attended several first aid courses at The Professional Centre in Tooting through Wandsworth council. I can honestly say your course stands head and shoulders above the rest and I feel I’ve gained more knowledge and practical experience than ever before. The small cosy atmosphere immediately relaxes everyone and your calm, straightforward method of explaining the most important information and taking away the unnecessary extra bits that make it more confusing is very effective.

It is obvious that you absolutely love what you do and that certainly made the course more enjoyable and it was very helpful to hear about your own personal experiences. I was very impressed with the number of manikins you had for us to practice on and the extra time you gave us to practice resuscitation, CPR and choking. Normally you sharing 2 manikins between 15 people and you feel overwhelmed and extra nervous having to do it in front of a large group of strangers.

The handbook is super and very easy to use and so useful for just refreshing your memory and the laminated learning aids were very helpful with key words like RICE which is easy to remember. I’m used to doing a written multiple choice test at the end before receiving my certificate but the scenario cards and practical role play was far more effective.?Thank you for making the course so personal and highlighting the information and additional bits and pieces I would need for my cookery workshops.”
Justine Crean – Yummy cookery classes

“I can’t believe how much I learnt in 3 hours! Loads of hands-on practice. I thoroughly recommend this course to anyone who would like to be more confident in an emergency. “
Teresa Nicholson, Law Lecturer and parent

“I would not hesitate to recommend the course to my friends – in fact I have already recommended it to the friend I met for lunch immediately after the course, whose baby is due next month. I would also very much like my husband and our parents to do the course. I really cannot recommend the course highly enough, I would urge anyone who has or looks after a child/children to come and see you and your team and learn the skills that could downscale a potential tragedy into something that is simply unpleasant but manageable.”
Sarah Wilder

“What a great course! The pace was good with time to address questions and run through key points. Great to have supportive documents to take away and consolidate learning. Thank you Emma!”
Aoibhinn Wojtowicz

Thank you for the course last night. I have spoken to my fellow cycling instructors and they all really enjoyed the course. Heather said she learnt more from you in 3 hours than the St John Ambulance course she attended over 3 days.
Fred Ellis
Pedal4Health

“The best First Aid Course I’ve attended – very good teacher who obviously knows her stuff!”
Susi Dale, The Re-Centre Balham

“Great course, set in a lovely family home, which makes learning easy!”
Phil Rowles – Rugby Tots

“Great confidence building, all round course”
Emma Beckett – Thomas’ School

“Thank you for such an enjoyable first aid course last Wednesday, I learnt a huge amount and now feel more confident having a baby in the house. Thank you also for the first aid kit I purchased from you, I know this will be invaluable in the future.”
Gemma Philipz

“The course last week was, as usual, absolutely excellent. Everyone thought the detailed teaching on the correct recovery position, and the reasons for it, was very useful, and I am sure people will be able to handle situations where there may be neck damage, as your teaching was so clear.”
Sara Farber – Thurleigh Road Medical Practice

“I learnt a lot and hope I don’t have to use it, but I know now if a situation arises I can handle it.”
A. Calus L’Ecole de Benjamins

Dear Emma, You are such a wonderful person and your teaching is one of the best I have enjoyed for years, all courses I have attended have never given me so much knowledge.
Dankay

I particularly enjoyed this course – much more than I anticipated as it was thoroughly relevant, informative and engaging. It was enlightening to learn that helping and perhaps even saving a person’s life is far easier than I had imagined.
Maja Griffith, Mother of 2 young boys (age 10 months and 4 years)

With next to no knowledge of first aid and a predisposition to fainting at the sight of a scratch the course proved both invaluable and memorable. I hope that I will never have to use any of the things we learned but if it came to it I feel so much more prepared especially for CPR, burns, bleeding, choking and fitting. Thank you.
NCT parent

Dear Emma, we wanted to say how great we thought the course was last Tuesday evening. We’ve both done first aid courses before but not since having our daughter. Doing your course was much more than a refresher for us – it has made us both much more confident that we’d know what to do in an emergency – although obviously we very much hope that we don’t have to use it!
We’ve already been recommending to friends that they go on one of your courses so hopefully lots more people will be learning from you.
Best wishes,
Nicola Sung & Damien Wasylkiw

Emma, I wanted to thank you for a very well structured and extremely useful first aid course last Friday. I have learnt an awful lot and feel that I am now well equipped to act in the event of emergencies. Our group was small enough to allow good interaction and I enjoyed the fact you used real life examples throughout the course.
I would now like my partner to attend one of your courses
Many thanks, Best wishes
Christele

I came along to your class at Harrisons on Wednesday night and just wanted to let you know that I thought that it was very useful. Really clear and helpful and I certainly feel a lot more prepared to deal with an emergency that I did before – although obviously hoping that one won’t arise! I was really impressed that it covered such a wide range of situations in which first aid might be needed.
Abigail – Clapham NCT

A big thank you for an excellent course yesterday – I got a great deal out of it. Thanks and best wishes
Vicky Denning

Thorough grounding, friendly atmosphere, professionally taught. Real life situations – makes actions easier to remember.
Scarlet Long

Thank you so much for the class. I found it truly terrifying, but incredibly useful. Your presentation – matter-of-fact, yet with warmth and some humour was a great complement. While it is a lot to take in, I do think it’s given a good foundation with which (with the book) to work upon. I will recommend to my new mommy friends. Thank you.
Sharon Coey

I just wanted to say thank you again for an excellent course last night. We both found it really useful and very reassuring – while we of course hope that we will never have to use any of it (!) I feel far more prepared for any situations that may arise.
You covered everything that I had hoped that you would and having the booklet to take away means that we can review it at our leisure which is really helpful. You also gave us lots to think about as Rowan becomes increasingly active – in particular the idea of having useful phone numbers etc on a card ready for action was simple but great and not something that we would necessarily have thought about doing ourselves. I will certainly be passing your cards around to the rest of my NCT group!
Best wishes and thank you again
Victoria Harris

Overall it was a perfect course, the atmosphere, the venue, the opportunity for us to “add things” to the course that we wanted to know about. I would recommend your course to anyone with confidence.
Many thanks again for the great day.
Beata

“Training was – absolutely wonderful, more than worth the money!”
Shobha Singh, Practice Manager, The Franciscan Surgery

“I feel reassured that I now have the knowledge to put things into practice. I felt I could ask any questions – no matter how daft they sounded. I’m going to be encouraging all my friends to attend.”
Victoria Greenyer

“I enjoyed the course very much, there was enough input about everything and I will certainly recommend it to my friends.”
Dr Hossain: Lavender Hill Surgery

One of the best and most informative First Aid Training courses I have participated in in recent years!
Jodie O’Regan,Practice Nurse,Balmuir Gardens Surgery

Very good session once again. I appreciate that you are clear and concise and also take into account the needs of the group.
Dr Toni Tonkin, Lavender Hill Group Practice

“Thank you so much for yet another brilliant and exciting update regarding first aid for life.
Your teaching methods are incredibly fun!!! Always enjoy attending your updates”.
Tina Hourigan, HCA / Student nurse

“Really enjoyed the whole course – excellent! Really clear, great demonstration, good equipment for hands-on work, paced just right. I can’t wait for our next refresher course!”
Morris Tolaram, Sports Teacher

“I thought it was the best First Aid course I have ever done!”
Sarah Crowther, Head – Bumblebee Nursery School

“Every parent and prospective parent should be prepared for an emergency and this course was full of anecdotes to help you remember, what could, one day, save a child’s life.”
Rosie McMellin – Fund Manager and parent

“Great course, set in a lovely family home, which makes learning easy!”
Phil Rowles – Rugby Tots

“You made the course so enjoyable and us so comfortable in your home, we feel very confident in what we have learnt. Your services will be highly recommended and we will definitely come back.”
Tania – Child of London (and parent)

“I have attended many different first aid courses throughout my career and can honestly say that I gained more from 3 hours of your tuition than all of the other courses put together!”
Felicity Petersen – Wimbledon

“Thorough grounding, friendly atmosphere, professionally taught. Real life situations – makes actions easier to remember.”

Scarlet Long

“A fantastic First Aid course that everyone should do in order to be prepared. Very clear and hands-on so you know exactly what you are doing.”
Linda Scott-Clash – student

“Perfect size group, relaxed atmosphere, fabulous teacher.”
Rebecca Kent – Nanny

“I thought it was a fantastic course – very practical and full. You are a great presenter, able to talk about really scary scenarios in a reassuring but clear way. I was also very impressed by your ability to cope with participants’ different requirements from the course. Thank you for a really useful and interesting morning.”

Kate Marriott – antenatal course

“A great course and very informative. I took all the managers from Affleck Property Services on the course and found it extremely useful, teambuilding and informative. Emma was great and I can highly recommend it to everyone.”
Oscar Sangster – Affleck Property Services

“This was for a first aid course that I organised for friends and myself. I have done many first aid courses before and this was the best by far. it was a small group and Jess our first aid trainer was very thorough an made sure we were always comfortable before we moved on to other subjects. We all afterwards were so happy and all walked away with much confidence with First aid. Jess was so lovely and made us all feel so comfortable and I highly recommend Emma’s first Aid courses.”
Laura O’Sullivan – Nanny

“I really enjoyed the course, it was in a relaxed environment and we were all made to feel very welcome. The information itself I found very helpful, I learnt an awful lot and I feel confident that I would be able to apply what I learnt to a situation should it happen (hopefully not). Emma was a great teacher – she was patient and I felt at ease to ask any questions or for any clarifications.”
Lesley Mann

“The course was well organised, comprehensive and good value for money. Emma Hammett instils great confidence. I will approach weaning with less trepidation now”

Nicola Golson

“I attended a first aid course for babies and children. The information was practical and useful and taught in such a way that it helps it to stick in your mind long after the course itself, by using real life scenarios and stories. Emma’s teaching also makes you aware of the emergency scenarios you may face as a parent without alarming and gives you the confidence to deal with these. All in all, a very worthwhile evening and money well spent!”

Emma Sandham

“We found the First Aid for Life course informative and packed with useful life saving info. It had a good balance of theory, practice and was nicely informal so we could ask questions along the way. We really liked how we revisited key life saving points so that they were re-enforced. I feel a great deal more confident now with the knowledge that if something awful happened to our baby, I’d have the ability to respond calmly, swiftly and safely. We appreciated the flexibility to bring our baby to the class as finding a babysitter would have been difficult. Thanks Emma. In the nicest possible way, I hope we never have to use what we learned yesterday!”
Beth Denver

“Very friendly, interactive and professional class. Many thanks.”

James Memmott

 ”Did the course to learn about baby and child first aid, in preparation for becoming a mum. It was very practical and comprehensive. Emma is a great presenter, able to talk about really quite scary scenarios in a reassuring but clear way.”

Kate Marriott

“Emma Hammett provided an excellent first aid training for all the practice. She worked flexibly, tailoring the training to all our needs: from receptionist to GP. She involved us without us feeling self- conscious and there was lots of hands on practice. A thoroughly informative and useful training experience which we will definitely continue to use and I would highly recommend to all.”

Henrietta Brook Lavender Hill Group Practice

“My husband and I both found the course extremely useful and found Emma’s explanations very clear and helpful. She was wonderful – very patient and knowledgeable! I thought we covered the most important things in a thorough way, and I’m feeling much more confident going forward… I’d never had any CPR training before at all, so I found the whole course very useful, including the addressing of first aid beyond the baby stage as well. “

Maria Daraban

 ”First Aid for Life ran a First Aid course for us specifically for cycling instructors and the injuries they’re likely to deal with. The course covered everything it was expected to and was delivered in a very professional manner.First Aid for Life also provided us with First Aid kits which are packed up very neatly, fit in a relatively small case, and include the basics plus kit relevant to cycling injuries. These packs are great to take out when delivering cycle training.”

Margaret Reinig London Cycling Campaign

My NCT group and I attended a Baby First Aid course which we found absolutely invaluable. Most of our babies are starting on solids and crawling so the advice on choking and common accidents around the house really reassured us. Even better, the instructor came to our house so it was a lovely relaxed atmosphere with cake and coffee and we all came away from the course feeling prepared, with a great book summarising what we learned. You can’t do without the course if you are a new mum –

Angie Elrick

As a therapist who deals with injuries I am required to have a first aid certificate. I have just repeated my training to update my certificate and thoroughly enjoyed the course again. The course is informative and enjoyable. It makes having to take a morning off work thoroughly worthwhile. I particularly recommend the resusitation dolls!

Amanda Hermitage

Emma is such a wonderful instructor. I feel really comfortable with the huge amounts of information that I needed to understand for the course. More to the point, months after finishing I feel very well equipped to handle any emergency that I might be present for.

Claire Roberts – The ReCentre, Balham

We have been recommending our nannies and families use First Aid for life in order to gain first aid knowledge and a certificate, for about 3 years now. We continue to recommend them as the feedback from our clients has been that the course is informative and presented in a clear and helpful manner. We also like the fact that it is aimed at people who are working with or who have young children and babies and it meets the Ofsted first aid requirements. There are lots of course sessions available so it is easy to find one to suit your schedule. People come away feeling confident that they could practically cope should a first aid situation arise. I have heard horror stories from nannies about cheap courses where it is all theory and the students never do any practical work, and come away with a first aid certificate at the end, but first aid for life is strong on practical work and we would recommend as exceptional
Moira Walsh – Fulham Nannies

I use First Aid for Life on a regular basis sending coaches for Paediatric First Aid training. Emma is very professional and organised and will go out of her way to try to fit me in at short notice. Her courses are thorough but relaxed, and she is very welcoming as they are held in her house; I would definitely recommend her to anyone in the area.

Lorna Bellchambers – Rugby Tots

My partner and I took the a first aid course with First Aid for Life as we run a kickboxing school and have to ensure we have the best standard of First Aid training which Emma of First Aid for Life offers. We were also about to become new parents and wanted to make sure we has First Aid training to ensure we are ready to cope with any emergencies that may arise. The course we had was amazing as our trainer Emma was very friendly, understanding, very informative and knowledgeable, as well as allowing customers to cover any aspects they wanted to during the course, which made the course very catered for its audience. Emma also ensured that you were comfortable when carrying out practical, ensuring they were carried out correctly, giving time to re go over if needed. We also got really good reading materials to take away after, which can be used to refresh on the skills we learnt in class. We will certainly be going back to First Aid for Life when we are due to renew our certification, and will be sending all our future instructors there to.
Liz Ferioli – London Warriors

Unlike other courses where you generally watch an instructor demonstrate CPR, there were lots of mannequins in various ages for all of us to practice on. I feel much more confident. Thank you Emma.

Marie Mitchell

Emma was extremely helpful, spoke clearly, made sure everybody understood what she was saying. the course wasn’t boring at all. Loved it, will be back in 3 years – can’t wait!

Ivana Pobisova

Informative and presented in a simple and logical order and for the first time I was able to retain the information.
Absa Dowlut

I just wanted to thank you for an exceptionally good course this morning. I got so much out of it that I have already begun promoting with all my friends.

Louise Bennett

Thanks very much for the course today. As far as I was concerned it was just what I needed for Playgroup, plus a bit more. 

- the pace was right for me, and the content was perfect

- I was especially interested in the bit about defibrillators as I knew nothing about them at all, also obviously the baby/child elements from a work point of view but also the adult element as I guess that’s where you are most likely to encounter a situation in day-to-day life

- I felt you fitted a huge amount of information into three hours which was great

The only downside is that I’m now slightly hoping that someone will fall off something so I can rush to the rescue!!!

Alison Buchanan

Baby First Aid Course – a must for any new mum!

I can’t rate this course highly enough! First Aid for Life organised for an instructor to come to my house and a group of my NCT friends and I undertook a 3 hour course where we learnt all about the most common accidents and emergency situations concerning young children. We all found the course absolutely invaluable and feel so much more prepared and confident, especially now our little ones are starting to crawl and eat finger foods. A definite must do if you are a new mum!

Angie E

Jess was a fantastic teacher & managed to make learning the serious business of first aid enjoyable & fun.

We both came away from the evening feeling well prepared & much more confident in skills that could be used not only for little people but adults also  - a real bonus!

Thanks for arranging this for us – we’re so glad we attended (although hoping we’ll never have to use our new skills!!)

Ben and Ruth Geach

Just to say I have completed the course  today with Jess and It was brilliant!I will definitevely recommend it to my friends, I feel much more confident about the first aid stuff , I may even consider to be a First Aider in my free time!

Monika Mikczynska

Very thoroughand hands-on. Lots of practical solutions.

Emma Willetts – Putney Day School Trust

I am so glad I was able to attend this course it was well presented, informative and fun.

Ro – Pacca

Very beneficial, I feel this course should be compulsory for parents.

Selina Greene TMO board member

I just wanted to drop you an email to say “thank you” for the life support training last week.  It was very useful and you made the session interesting and interactive.  The use of anecdotes helps to remember certain key messages which you did really well. With best wishes,

Dr Shazia Ovaisi
GP at Thurleigh Road Practice, Balham

Thanks again for an excellent teaching session on Wednesday 7th March at our Practice Lavender Hill.

Nurse Anjana Verma

Thank you for allowing me to come along to the training today at such short notice. I learnt so much and found it very informative and useful.  Your depth of knowledge and the illustration used exceeded my expectation.  Thank you so much for your time and effort.

Denise Cooke – aerobics teacher

Just to say a big thank you for yesterday on behalf of all of us who attended the training session.  It was very informative and interesting.

Karen PacePractice Manager
The Earlsfield Practice

I just wanted to say a big thanks for the course this morning – I got so much out of it and really enjoyed it. Thank you. I walked out feeling much more confident about how to deal with first aid issues. I was telling my husband all about it this afternoon and we think it would be great for him to attend the same course. Many thanks,

Anna Turnbull

Hi Emma, just thought i would leave you some feedback from the 1st aid course i attended on 17th March. It was excellent! Jess explained things very well and clearly and made us very comfortable in her home. I definitely feel confident enough to know what to do in an emergency which I’ve never felt in previous 1st aid courses. Also i think it’s great that the groups are kept small!  Thank you once again!

Cindy Falzon

The practical aspect helped things sink in. Very positive, easy to talk to and made me feel comfortable to ask questions. Thank you

Juliana D’Aliosio

Westminster Cathedral School

This was the best and most informative first aid course that I have ever done. I loved being in someone’s home, it made everything more personal and relaxed, meaning that I feel that I learnt more. Thank you.
Leonie Green

As a 40 year old and very conscientious nanny I was reassured that you didn’t let the Childminder leave when she showed that she struggled with the situations and you spent extra time with her to make sure she got it right. Babies and children are left with us and so I am glad you take your job seriously. See you in 3 years.

Titvana

Emma, thank you so much for your course. It was great to cover all the basics of first aid for babies and children in just three hours in the comfort of a friend’s home. I now feel much more confident about my ability to handle a medical emergency and I highly recommend your course to all new parents. Cheers,
Pauline

Dear Emma course was excellent, pitched at exactly the right level and everyone found if very useful. Thank you very much
Katie

Down to earth, no nonsense course that addressed all the major issues. No one was ever made to feel stupid and it was actually fun!
Brigid Gardner

The Paediatric course was really thorough and Emma was really knowledgeable and patient.
Tracy Milne

Very relaxed, friendly teacher and group and lots of fun!
Zoë Norris (Early Years course)

I really enjoyed the intimate feeling and the settings – your lovely house and the fact that the course is one day instead of two with instant certificates – exactly great!
Maya Mozal – Paediatric course fulfilling Ofsted criteria

Hi Emma,
I just want to thank Jess for welcoming me and the other girls into her home and providing us with tea/coffee and biscuits during our First Aid course.Jess was so considerate and caring towards everybody’s needs, I never felt so comfortable and confident in a strange environment before and Jess made each of feel special we all left feeling so good at the end of the course.
THANKS JESS!! Keep up your great work. 

Maryann Anandarajah

Thank you for taking such good care of Ewelina, she was / is sooo happy she passed and thought the day was great. Thank you again
Zosia

A Fantastic course, I feel so much more confident than I ever have with any other first aid course I have attended.

Aimee Craft – Monkey Music

Perfect size group, relaxed atmosphere, fabulous teacher!

Rebecca Kent – Nanny

Thank you so much for Friday it was a really useful course and i felt like i learnt an awful lot which i hope i won’t put into practise that often. Thank you again. Kind Regard,
Pippa

Mny thx for the really excellent 1st aid course last night – it was extremely informative and I went home and immediately lifted those pesky dishwasher tablets out of reach………….
Antonia
ANTONIA STEWART LIMITED

Had a great day. Emma was very helpful and informative. Recommend highly

Bec Clarke – Nanny

Thoroughly enjoyed the course, a very comfortable and relaxed environment to spend the day. The atmosphere was easy going too. More practical element makes it more interesting to learn.

Ada Ma

Very interesting, taught well, easy to understand

Melissa Robertson – Oliver House Preparatory

It was great the way you related the First Aid to Anatomy and Physiology so you can understand what is going on in the body and I loved the way you used the real life incidents to illustrate the points.

Jenny Travell – Massage therapist

I was very pleased with the course content and how it was delivered. The teacher was very welcoming and extremely well resourced. A fantastic first aid course that I would recommend to others.

Ashleigh Wild

I thought Emma was excellent, went at a really good pace, explained things really clearly and made things very relevant for parents of young children. It was well worth the money and I feel much more confident that I would be able to cope in an emergency. And she was very patient given that she was faced with 8 mothers and 8 babies in a relatively confined space!

Sally Arnold – bespoke group babies course

Emma delivered the course in a really interesting friendly way. It was in no way intimidating or scary. The time passed very quickly because the day was so informative.

Annabelle Dare – Mousehouse Nursery

The course was excellent and brilliantly presented by Sam. He was very thorough and clearly very knowledgable. He was also flexible on that he answered many random questions on everything from asthma to epi-pens. I also thought the fridge reminders and booklet were really useful. All the participants said they were really pleased to come and most said their partners would also be interested, so I am hoping to arrange another one later in the year.

Kate Wesseldine – First Aid for babies and toddlers

I attended the Paediatric first aid course on Saturday and just wanted to give some feedback. First of all the venue was great, Jess’s flat provides a very novel and interesting place to learn and being so central in Westminster was great. Jess was lovely, so friendly, relaxed and welcoming which made for an enjoyable and informative day THANKS !!

Jeanette Calvert – Paediatric course covering Ofsted syllabus

I would like to say that Glenn was fabulous. We were running 30mins late starting and he was very relaxed and pragmatic about it. He also tolerated our constant interruptions and questions and never made us feel like we were asking a silly question or wasting him time. I will definitely be recommending to friends.

Paula Box

A fun and informative session which I think I will actually be able to remember!

Francesca McKenzie – Oakfield Preparatory School

Jess made everyone in the group feel at ease and comfortable, she encouraged us to ask as many questions as we needed to while stressing that no question was a silly one. I thought she was a fantastic tutor. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend First Aid for Life to anyone.

Tanya Bryant – Paediatric course covering the full Ofsted syllabus

Thank you very much for hosting the ‘First Aid Course for Babies’ today. It was so informative and useful. It was also great to cover all the different issues within the 3 hour window and everything was presented very well.
It was certainly a good first aid refresher for me and I do feel a bit better prepared in case something happens.
Thank you also for your advice on attending the Paediatric First Aid course. Once our baby is born and we are settled in at home I would definitively like to attend one of these courses.
Michaela – NCT First Aid for babies course