TYKE TALKS was developed for many reasons:
Many times in emergency, families will wait for hours to be seen by the doctor, only to have medical professionals do something that could have been done hours earlier, at home. This is frustrating for everyone involved. Other times, patients arrive to hospital to receive measures that could or should have been introduced earlier to prevent complications & improve patient comfort. Many people express a lack of confidence in knowing whether or not they should seek medical assistance and what they can and should do prior to doing so. Most first aid and CPR courses deal only with acute problems and don’t address medical management of illness or minor injury. Many problems can be safely treated at home. Guidance about what to watch for and when to seek help is the focus of the PEDIATRIC MEDICAL HEALTH CARE class.
Alison Mills is a Registered Nurse with 25+ years experience with children and healthcare.
Alison started working with children in the 1980’s, as a babysitter, lifeguard & swimming instructor, and later camp counsellor & c
amp health care professional. She has worked as a childcare provider in Ontario group homes, and for Club Med in Dominican Republic & St Lucia. In the 1990’s she became a FIRST AID & CPR instructor & training officer with St John Ambulance, and then a PARAMEDIC in Ontario & Nova S
cotia, eventually becoming PARAMEDIC INSTRUCTOR in Nova Scotia and Trinidad & Tobago. After returning to Canada, Alison answered 911 CALLS & dispatched LIFEFLIGHT Air Ambulance while attending Nursing School until 2006. Alison has specialized in Emergency Nursing (BCIT) and has special interests in pediatrics, mental health & addictions. When not nursing on cruiseships, Alison continues to work Parttime in Emergency and pediatrics at 2 Vancouver area hospitals and is fulltime MOTHER to Annabel who was born in 2012.
amp health care professional. She has worked as a childcare provider in Ontario group homes, and for Club Med in Dominican Republic & St Lucia. In the 1990’s she became a FIRST AID & CPR instructor & training officer with St John Ambulance, and then a PARAMEDIC in Ontario & Nova Scotia, eventually becoming PARAMEDIC INSTRUCTOR in Nova Scotia and Trinidad & Tobago. After returning to Canada, Alison answered 911 CALLS & dispatched LIFEFLIGHT Air Ambulance while attending Nursing School until 2006. Alison has specialized in Emergency Nursing (BCIT) and has special interests in pediatrics, mental health & addictions. When not nursing on cruiseships, Alison continues to work Parttime in Emergency and pediatrics at 2 Vancouver area hospitals and is fulltime MOTHER to Annabel who was born in 2012.
As a former lifeguard, swimming instructor, SCUBA Divemaster and Lighting & Safety Diver for Canadian Geographic & Discovery Channel, Alison has swam with 13 species of sharks. The desire to promote this love of swimming & the underwater world, led Alison to develop the 2 hour “WATER: Baths to Boating- Ideas for teaching confidence & Safety” (dry) workshop.
Annabel is a busy little girl who likes to help her mother with everything…when it suits her! She has her own ideas about learning, and continues to teach her mother new things every day! She is happy to demonstrate concepts and assist with TYKE TALKS’ classes.