ABOUT SICK HAPPENS
Sick Happens is a childhood illness education platform founded by Penny Blunden. A Masters-qualified Paediatric Nurse, mum of two, and the person quietly making sick days less terrifying for families, educators and organisations across Australia, and beyond.Â
SICK HAPPENS
Every part of Sick Happens solves the same problem, from a different angle.
FOR FAMILIES
You're tired of googling and ending up more confused than when you started. You want to know what to look for, what it means, and what to do next when your child is sick. Sick Happens teaches you all of this to make sure you're Sick Day Ready before the next inevitable sick day arrives.
FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS
First aid, anaphylaxis and child protection management are all mandated. But everyday illness (the thing that happens in every centre, every day) lives in a regulatory grey zone. Sick Happens makes illness management crystal clear.
FORÂ ORGANISATIONS
You want to do more for the families and educators you serve. Sick Happens works with organisations who want to improve health outcomes for children. This is done through education consultancy, embedded partnerships and sponsorship pathways.Â
THE FOUNDER OF SICK HAPPENSÂ
I'm a Masters-qualified Paediatric Nurse with 15+ years of clinical experience across paediatric ED, food allergy research, Telehealth and beyond. I've sat with thousands of families in some of their most frightening moments.
And I have two boys of my own. Which means I've also sat on the other side of that equation â the exhausted parent googling things I absolutely know better than to google at midnight.
I built Sick Happens because the gap between having information and confidently using it when your child is sick is enormous. And nobody was filling it.
This isn't about turning families into clinicians or educators into nurses. It's about giving everyone who cares for sick children the knowledge, frameworks and confidence to handle it, calmly, clearly and without the chaos.
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PENNY BLUNDEN
Founder, Sick Happens
Childhood Illness Educator
Education Consultant
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
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"I've been a paediatric GP for 15 years, spending so much time working with anxious parents to help them through their kids' illnesses â and I cannot fault or improve on a single word of the advice you so generously share."
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"I feel like a completely different mum this year with winter coming around. You make me want to stand on a chair and clap."
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"The course for educators is different to any other professional development opportunity I've experienced. Engaging, informative, and gives clarity that builds on topics that first aid only touches on."
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"You hit this sweet spot of expertise, accessibility and specificity that even those with a medical background find genuinely valuable."
HAVE A QUESTION?
Penny responds to every enquiry personally.Â
