Paediatric First Aid 11/12/20

The classroom part of the Level 3 Paediatric First Aid course lasts for a minimum of 6 hours (excluding breaks) and will cover the following areas:

• assessing an emergency situation and prioritise what action to take,
• help a baby/child who isunresponsive and breathing normally, unresponsive and not breathing normally, having a seizure, choking, bleeding, suffering from shock caused by severe blood loss (hypovolemic shock).

The full blended Paediatric First Aid course should last for a minimum of 12 hours (excluding breaks) and will cover the areas set out above as well as the following areas:

• discuss the role and responsibilities of the paediatric first aider (including appropriate contents of a first aid box and the need for recording accidents and incidents), to help a baby/child:who is suffering from anaphylactic shock, who has had an electric shock, who has burns or scalds, who has a suspected fracture, with head, neck or back injuries, who is suspected of being poisoned, with a foreign body in eyes, ears or nose, with an eye injury, with a bite or sting, who is suffering from the effects of extreme heat or cold, having: a diabetic emergency; an asthma attack; an allergic reaction; meningitis; and/or febrile convulsions.
• This Paediatric First Aid Course is a blended course which means that you are only in the classroom for 1 day rather than 2 and the rest of the training is done in your own time - whenever you like!  Our Paediatric First Aid Trainers are all highly knowledable and experianced in Paediatric First Aid.