The paediatric first aid training course is recommended as the minimum requirement for anyone working closely with children.  It is a 12 hour OFSTED and EYFS approved  course delivered over 3 or 4 evenings every other month. 

Course Content:

· The Role of a First Aider        

· Scene Safety

· Approaching a Casualty         

· Clearing the Airway

· Recovery Position

· Severe Bleeding

· Minor Injuries

· First Aid Kit

· Accident Recording

· Recovery Position

· Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Infant,   Child, Adult

· Alternative Ventilation Procedures

· Choking: Infant, Child, Adult

· Introduction to Automated External       Defibrillation

· Shock Management

· Surveys, History Taking and Physical       Assessment

· Environmental injuries: Electric, Burns

· Respiratory Illnesses: Asthma, Croup,     Epiglottis, Hyperventilation, chest injuries

· Environmental Illness: Frostbite,              Hypothermia, Heat Exhaustion

· Nervous System Illnesses: Fainting, Epilepsy and Seizures, Head and Spine, Meningitis

· Medical Conditions: Allergies, Anaphylactic shock, diabetes, Poisoning, Sickle Cell

· Injuries: Eyes, Fractures, Foreign Bodies, Dislocations, Sprains and Strains

· Heath and safety: First Aid Kits, Accident Recording