Paediatric First Aid Training Course

Child care providers in the UK must have completed a suitable sanctioned paediatric first aid course.  The Emergency First Response Paediatric Care for Children programme meets standards necessary for UK based child care providers seeking suitable first aid training.

This 12 hour Care for Children course, meets the requirements for OFSTED, Surestart, NCMA, PLA and EYDCP.

The Care for Children course is an innovative CPR, AED and First Aid Training program that teaches participants how to provide emergency care for injured or ill children (ages one to eight) and infants less than one year old. Participants learn about the types of medical emergencies that children face and how they differ from adult conditions. The curriculum also includes the importance of attending to basic emergency situations with children, the emotional aspects of caring for children, secondary care for children, and preventing common injuries and illnesses in children.

The Care for Children course trains the lay rescuer to follow the same priorities of care used by medical professionals. The student masters the priorities and the procedures of patient care for infants and children in a non-stressful learning environment, which reduces the performance anxieties that interfere with learning and enhances confidence when rendering aid in a real medical emergency.

The course includes both primary care (CPR) and secondary care (first aid) skills. The primary care portion of the course prepares the rescuer to render aid to an infant or child with a life-threatening emergency such as choking or cardiac arrest. Secondary care focuses on developing secondary patient care skills and building the rescuer's confidence to render first aid to an infant or child in need when emergency medical services are either delayed or unavailable.

The Care for Children course content is based on guidelines from the Paediatric Working Group of ILCOR.

Care for Children Primary Care Course Content:
Scene Safety Assessment, Universal Precautions, Communicable Disease Protection, Barrier Use, Primary Assessment, Obstructed Airway Management (child and infant), Rescue Breathing (child and infant), Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (child and infant), Automated External Defibrillator (AED) use, Serious Bleeding, Shock Management, and Spinal Injury Management.

Care for Children Secondary Care Course Content:
Injury Assessment, Bandaging, Illness Assessment, Burns, Scalds, Anaphylactic Shock, Electric Shock, Foreign Bodies (eyes, ears and nose), Bites, Stings, Heat Related Illnesses, Poisons, Febrile Convulsions, Epilepsy, Asthma, Sickle Cell Crisis, Diabetes and Meningitis.

Course Duration
2 days usually (12 core hours) May be split to run over a number of days

Course size
Maximum course size 12

Assessment
Knowledge Review, Multiple-choice question paper and Practical sessions

Certificate
An Emergency First Response paediatric First Aid certificate valid for three years is issued on successful completion of the course.

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