Paediatric First Aid

First Aid - for Early Years and Childcare

What will I be able to do after this course?

• Assess and prioritise a first aid incident
• Deal with an unconscious child or baby
• Control bleeding and manage shock
• Manage choking
• Incident reporting
• Treat burns and scalds
• Deal with asthma and hyperventilation
• Deal with head injuries, seizures and febrile convulsions
• Recognise and deal with fractures to upper and lower body
• Managing neck and spinal injuries,
• Deal with poisoning including anaphylactic shock
• Recognise and deal with a range of common injuries and illnesses until the arrival of the emergency services including: Foreign bodies, poisoning, electric shock, hypoglycaemia, sprains and strains, conjunctivitis, sickle cell anaemia, aches and pains, diarrhoea and vomiting, meningitis, chicken pox, measles, German measles, mumps.

How is the course assessed?

Continual assessment throughout the course by the tutor. A Paediatric First Aid certificate is issued to all who successfully show their competence.