SPECIALIST MATERNAL & INFANT CARE (MIC)

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• To equip trainees with the skills and knowledge to render care safely and hygienically
  

• To equip trainees with appropriate post-natal care and support.
  

• To equip trainees with the practical knowledge and skills to handle unforeseen situations.
  

RECOVERY & SUPPORT CARE

• Post-natal and discharge care for mummy after child birth
  

  • Care for episiotomy/ caesarean wound
    

  • Lochia management
    

  • Pain management
    

  • Emotional wellness
    

• Confinement Diet Planning & Preparations
  

  • Common Confinement Diet (Chinese-based) recipe
    

  • 2 Meals Hands-on Practicum
    

• Wellness Care for Mummy
  

  • Jamu Wraps Benefits & Practicum
    

PHASE GROWTH CARE

• Care & Support for Infant @ Phase Growth (0-12 months)
  

  • Hygiene Care from newborn to infant, including umbilical cord, equipment handling, sterilization.
    

  • Handling common situations in newborns
    

• Breastfeeding & bottle-feeding support
  

  • Supporting a first-time breastfeeding-mummy
    

  • Handling breastmilk
    

  • Managing bottle-feeds
    

  • Sterilisation & hygiene care
    

• Importance of home safety & preventive measures
  

  • Common accidents at home
    

  • Preventive measures
    

  • SID
    

• Wellness Care for Infant
  

  • Tuina Massage for Infant & Practicum
    

SITUATIONAL CARE

• General Care and Intervention Measures
  

  • Tuina Massage for Infant & Practicum Recognizing a sick child/how to call for help-crying, colic, food allergies, vaccinations, administering medicines safely
    

  • Fever-fits, dengue, chickenpox
    

  • Hydration-diarrhea, vomiting, HFMD
    

  • Cough and colds
    

  • Breathing difficulties like bronchitis, pneumonia
    

• Emergency Situational Handling Skills & Knowledge
  

  • Head injury-nose bleed
    

  • Drowning
    

  • Cuts, wounds and burns
    

  • Broken bones, pulled elbow, trapped limbs
    

  • Swallowed objects, objects in ear/nose
    

  • Poisoning
    

  • Eye injuries
    

Each trainee will undergo oral theory and practicum assessment upon completion of the 44 hours classroom training.