PFAA Paediatric First Aid

Pfaa paediatric first aid

course content

• accident approach
• dealing with unconsciousness
• treating someone who has stopped breathing and whose heart has stopped
• dealing with wounds & bleeding
• looking after a casualty who is shocked
• recognising medical conditions such as diabetes, epilepsy & asthma
• treating broken bones and soft tissue injuries
• recognising hypothermia and treating it
• looking after burns and scalds
• how to help a poisoned victim
• obtaining advanced medical assistance
• legislation, ofsted, ncma & pla policy and first aid kits
• dealing with sudden illness in children
• first aid for specific medical conditions, epilepsy, diabetes, allergies, asthma, meningitis, sickle cell & haemophilia.
• Dealing with convulsions and fits