Emergency Paediatric First Aid Course

3 Year Qualification

The syllabus of this course exceeds the requirements of HSE for the 1 day course. If you are an early years practitioner then you will need to attend the 2 day Paediatric First Aid to meet the requirements of the EYFS.

What this course covers:

• Responsibilities of the first aider
• Priorities of treatment
• Infant and child resuscitation
• Incident management and reporting
• Control bleeding and manage shock
• Choking
• Treat burns and scalds
• Head injuries, seizures and febrile convulsions
• Fractures
• Recognise and deal with a range of common illnesses
• Scenarios

2 Day Paediatric First Aid Course

3 Year Qualification

The syllabus of this course exceeds the requirements of Ofsted & EYFS for teachers and people responsible for children.

Day 1 Schedule

• Responsibilities of the first aider
• Priorities of treatment
• The unconscious baby/child
• Infant and child resuscitation
• Incident management and reporting
• Control bleeding and manage shock
• Choking
• Treat burns and scalds
• Head injuries, seizures and febrile convulsions
• Fractures

Day 2 Schedule

• Recognise and deal with a range of common illnesses/ diseases
• Asthma and hyperventilation
• Neck and spinal injuries
• Poisoning
• Allergies and anaphylactic shock
• Extremes of hot and cold
• Electric shock
• Bites and stings
• Eyes, ears and nose
• Scenarios

1/2 Day First Aid Course

3 Year Qualification

What this course covers:

• The role of the first aider
• Managing an emergency
• Communication and casualty care
• Chest pains
• Operating the Defibrillator
• Treatment of an unresponsive casualty
• Resuscitation (CPR)

Emergency First Aid At Work

3 Year Qualification

1 Day First Aid Course (6 hours)

What this course covers:

• Responsibilities of the first aider in the workplace
• Priorities of treatment
• Primary assessment
• Secondary assessment
• Resuscitation techniques (CPR & Defibrillators)
• Heart attack
• Shock
• Airway obstruction
• Bleeding/bandaging
• Burns
• Basic fractures
• Asthma, Epilepsy, Diabetes
• Scenarios