Course Details
This Paediatric First Aid elearning module allows learners to complete the full 12 hour Paediatric First Aid qualification (in line with EYFS Guidelines) as a blended course. This elearning module has been designed to give learners the theoretical knowledge needed to accompany a practical face to face training day.
Benefits to you
Benefits to delegates are
Minimise time away from workplace
Provides additional skills of treating adults
Course Contents
On-line
Course content will teach learners how to:
- Be able to assess an emergency situation and prioritise what action to take
- Help a baby or child who is unresponsive and breathing normally
- Help a baby or child who is unresponsive and not breathing normally
- Help a baby or child who is having a seizure
- Help a baby or child who is choking
- Help a baby or child who is bleeding
- Help a baby or child who is suffering from shock caused by severe blood loss
- (hypovolemic shock)
- Help a baby or child who is suffering from anaphylactic shock
- Help a baby or child who has had an electric shock
- Help a baby or child who has burns or scalds
- Help a baby or child who has a suspected fracture
- Help a baby or child with head, neck or back injuries
- Help a baby or child who is suspected of being poisoned
- Help a baby or child with a foreign body in eyes, ears or nose
- Help a baby or child with an eye injury
- Help a baby or child with a bite or sting
- Help a baby or child who is suffering from the effects of extreme heat or cold
- Help a baby or child having: a diabetic emergency; an asthma attack; an allergic
- reaction; meningitis; and/or febrile convulsions
- Understand the role and responsibilities of the paediatric first aider (including
- appropriate contents of a first aid box and the need for recording accidents and
- incidents)
Face to face
A summary of the above but including practical skills
- Unresponsive adult, baby or child resuscitation inc rescue breathing
- Unresponsive adult, baby or child who is breathing but unresponsive
- Adult, baby or child choking
- Help an adult, baby or child who is bleeding
- Help a baby or child who is suffering from anaphylactic shock
- Help an adult, baby or child who has burns or scalds
Who should attend?
All staff requiring to study for the full Paediatric First Aid course