Simon Phipps

Simon Phipps

I'm an experienced first responder and first aid trainer working in the Toowoomba, Darling Downs and South West Queensland.I passionately beleive that First Aid and CPR are essential skills we should all learn and we should all be ready to help in an emergency. I also love writing about the skills we need and use.I teach regular weekly courses in Toowoomba and we can come to you to deliver training anywhere from Athol to Eulo and everywhere in between.

Outback First Aid

lonely outback red dirt road

Essential Tips for Managing Emergencies on Remote Queensland Properties.” The vast and often isolated nature of remote Queensland properties, particularly within the South West Queensland outback, presents unique and significant challenges when it comes to managing medical emergencies. Unlike urban…

Why Remote First Aid?

What you need to know about the Remote First Aid Course, in Toowoomba, Dalby and Southern Queensland Understanding the differences between remote and standard first aid is important, as it’s essential for ensuring genuine preparedness for the risks of your…

Building a Meaningful Safety Culture

Safety is more than systems. In this picutre we see workers having a disagreement with a manager about a safety issue

As a fire and first aid trainer based in Toowoomba, I work with people and organisations across all industries. From talking to my students and observing the small interactions you can learn a lot about a workplace very quickly. I…

Keep your CPR certification current.

What do you do with a skill that everyone needs, but almost no one uses? This is the challenge when it comes to workplace safety and CPR certification. How do we keep our CPR skills current and how often should…

The Ups and Downs of CPR

A Lifesaving Technique’s Journey Through Time When I walked into the school gym and saw 50 or so manikins laid out in a grid, I had no idea what was going on! My teacher hadn’t really said much more than…