Paediatric First Aid Courses

About these courses
 

Designed for parents or paid child-carers in commercial settings such as nurseries and schools. The syllabus covers the requirements listed in OFSTED's EYFS Statutory Framework effective 1st November 2024. It is important to understand your risk and needs based on your own setting. The document can be found here. 

Delegates must have a basic command of the English language to attend this course. We will make every effort to accommodate any special requirements in terms of learning needs and neurodiversity, please get in touch before your course so we can explore how best to support you.

Please Note – A requirement to complete this course is that a candidate can carry out unaided CPR, so a general level of fitness is required and an ability to carry out CPR on the floor.

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Topics covered on the 2-day or blended course (the topics in bold are covered in the 1-day course):​

• Be able to assess an emergency situation and prioritise what action to take.

• Help a baby/child who is unresponsive and breathing normally.

• Help a baby/child who is unresponsive and not breathing normally.

• Help a baby/child who is having a seizure.

• Help a baby/child who is choking.

• Help a baby/child who is bleeding.

• Help a baby/child who is suffering from shock caused by severe blood loss (hypovolemic shock).

• Help a baby/child who is suffering from anaphylactic shock.

• Help a baby/child who has had an electric shock.

• Help a baby/child who has burns or scalds.

• Help a baby/child who has a suspected fracture.

• Help a baby/child with head, neck or back injuries.

• Help a baby/child who is suspected of being poisoned.

• Help a baby/child with a foreign body in eyes, ears or nose.

• Help a baby/child with an eye injury.

• Help a baby/child with a bite or sting.

• Help a baby/child who is suffering from the effects of extreme heat or cold.

• Help a baby/child having: a diabetic emergency; an asthma attack; an allergic reaction; meningitis; and/or febrile convulsions.