We are two mums on a mission to make a Mini Medic out of every kindy kid we meet!
Mini Medics was founded by Katie and Sarah after 15 years of friendship and countless shifts together as Paediatric Nurses for one of Brisbane’s biggest and busiest private Paediatric wards.
Together, Katie and Sarah offer Brisbane’s most comprehensive First Aid Training for Kids, backed by their combined 25+ years of paediatric nursing experience, industry qualifications and commitment to empowering all kindy-age children with life saving first aid skills.
The Mini Medics program is fun, fresh and relevant, helping kindy-age children to learn and retain critical life saving skills should they one day be faced with a medical emergency.
Katie O’Connell
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Katie is a mum to 2 crazy boys Hudson and Finley, wife to Jason, and is a Paediatric Nurse and Midwife with 15 years of paediatric clinical experience caring for infants and children who are sick, injured or having surgery. She was a Paediatric Clinical Nurse Educator for 10 years, delivering Basic Life Support and Paediatric Advanced Life Support education to hospital nursing staff. Among the many job hats she wears, Katie is a Baby and Child First Aid Educator for CPR Kids teaching parents and families life-saving CPR and first aid skills, and is the on-site Registered Paediatric Nurse at one of Brisbane’s most renowned childcare centres.
Katie has always had a passion for providing education to empower parents and families of her little patients, and she is excited to extend that passion to teaching life-saving first aid skills to children. She brings an lively personality and is ready to have a whole lot of fun!
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Katie graduated from ACU with a Bachelor of Nursing degree in 2007. In 2011 Katie completed a Graduate Diploma of Midwifery at ACU, working as a Midwife in multiple Brisbane Maternity hospitals, and she continued further study to complete a Graduate Certificate of Clinical Nursing (Child and Adolescent Health) in 2015. Katie holds current CPR and First Aid Qualifications including HLTAID009, HLTAID010, HLTAID011, HLTAID012 and HLTAID013, and holds a current Blue Card.
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Katie was a Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance certified Ski Instructor in her youth, after living in Whistler, Canada teaching Kindy-aged children how to ski!
Sarah Hall
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Sarah is a compassionate registered nurse that has worked in a paediatric setting for over 12 years. She loves looking after children of various ages and has extensive clinical experience with childhood illnesses, surgeries and their treatment. She enjoys working with and educating families to provide optimal family centred care.
When Sarah isn't at work she is a busy and loving mum looking after her three children, Oliver and twins Ava and Eleanor. Eleanor was born with cerebral palsy due to twin to twin transfusion syndrome and has had an extensive medical history herself. Eleanor has inspired Sarah to continue to live life to the fullest and keep advocating for inclusion.
Sarah adores teaching first aid to Kindergarten age children, sharing her knowledge and empowering them to be prepared for any medical emergency. With her compassionate and caring attitude, Sarah creates a safe and inclusive learning environment for all children. She knows how to make learning fun by engaging creative methods into her teaching to keep kids excited and eager to learn.
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Sarah graduated from Sunshine Coast University with a Bachelor of Nursing degree in 2011, and she continued further study to complete a Graduate Certificate of Clinical Nursing (Child and Adolescent Health) in 2014. Sarah holds current CPR and First Aid Qualifications including HLTAID009, HLTAID010 and HLTAID011, and holds a current Blue Card.
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Sarah has been skydiving not once, but TWICE! She always wanted to do a third ‘night dive’ but alas, her prefrontal cortex matured before she got the chance.