Care For Children

The Emergency First Response Care for Children course is an innovative CPR, AED and First Aid training course that teaches participants how to provide emergency care for injured or ill children (ages one to onset of puberty) 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.

Care for Children course trains the lay rescuer to follow the same priorities of care used by medical professionals. The candidate 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.

The Course Includes:

• Scene Safety Assessment
• 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 Management
• Shock Management
• Spinal Injury Management

Care for Children Secondary Care Course Content:

• Injury Assessment
• Bandaging
• Illness Assessment