THIS COURSE MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR OFSTED
This course is designed for anyone who works with young children and requires a 12 hour paediatric first aid certificate; such as Early Years Professionals, childminders, nursery/creche assistants or those working towards their childcare qualifications.
The course can be 100% classroom or Blended Learning.
Maximum of 12 delegates
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What’s involved?
This is a 2 day course which has 12 hours of teaching included.
This course can be taken as a Blended Course, which is great value-saving both time and money!
The Blended Course is delivered in two parts; 6 hours E-Learning, at your leisure eg, at home or work, followed by 6 hours in the classroom, a practical day, where all the main emergency topics are covered.
The courses are offered on weekdays, weekends and also 2×3 hour courses in the evenings.
(N.B. the online section must be completed before the classroom day2 course.)
What is covered in this course?
Primary Care
- The role of the First Aider
- The First Aid kit
- D.R.A.B.C
- ABCD’s
- Scene safety
- Barrier use – gloves
- Barrier use – face shields
- Initial assessment
- Recovery position
- Adult one rescuer CPR
- Adult CPR handover
- Compression only CPR Adult
- Drowning
- Adult choking conscious
- Adult choking becoming unresponsive
- Serious bleeding
- Shock
- Spinal injury
Secondary Care – Injury
- Injury assessment
- Breaks dislocations and fractures
- Wounds and dressings
- Embedded objects
- Burns and scalds
- Head injuries
- Poison
- Temperature related illnesses
- Eye injuries
- Strains and sprains
- Internal bleeding
- Bites and stings
- Crush injuries
- Chest injuries
- Electrical injuries
Secondary Care – Illness
- Illness assessment
- The respiratory system
- Diabetes
- Anaphylactic shock
- Seizures and epilepsy
- Fainting
- Asthma
Paediatric Specific Subjects
- Differences in treating children
- Reasons why children get hurt
- Barrier use and children
- Definition of a child and an infant
- Infant CPR
- Child CPR
- Infant choking
- Child choking
- Sickle cell
- Meningitis
- Febrile convulsions
- Croup
Certification
Those that attend the course will receive a certificate from The First Aid Zone, which is valid for 3 years.
To Book a Course
To book this course please complete the form on the Contact Page, or, call us on 01425 279620.
Please read the terms and conditions before booking