Paediatric First Aid
This course is 12 hours in duration and focuses on emergency scenarios that face those working with adults and looking after young children and infants, including day nurseries, private nursery schools, preschools, before and after school clubs for children in the early years age group, childminders and carers of children at home. The paediatric first aid course meets the Ofsted Early Years and Childcare Register requirements.
INTRODUCTION
🏄 The Definition of a First Aider
🏄 The Aims of First Aid
🏄 Rescuer Protection
🏄 First Aid Kit
🏄 Reporting Accidents
SAFETY & CASUALTY CARE
🏄 SAFE™
🏄 Life Cycle™
🏄 Chain of Survival
MEDICAL FIRST AID
🏄 Poisoning
🏄 Heart Attack
🏄 Stroke
🏄 Asthma
🏄 Allergic Reaction and Anaphylaxis
🏄 Diabetes
🏄 Heat Exhaustion and Heatstroke
🏄 Hypothermia
🏄 Febrile Seizures
🏄 Sickle Cell Anaemia
🏄 Croup
INJURY FIRST AID
🏄 Chest Injuries
🏄 Suspected Spinal Injuries
🏄 Electric Shock
🏄 Head Injuries – Minor and Severe
🏄 Eye Injuries
🏄 Fractures and Dislocations
🏄 Sprains and Strains
🏄 Foreign Object in the Ear or Nose
BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS)
🏄 Primary Care & Recovery Position
🏄 Adult Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
🏄 Automated External Defibrillation (AED)
🏄 Adult and Child Choking
🏄 Types of Bleeding
🏄 Bleeding Control
🏄 Shock
🏄Seizures and Epilepsy
MINOR FIRST AID
🏄 Small Cuts, Grazes and Bites
🏄 Bruises
🏄 Small Splinters
🏄 Nosebleeds
🏄 Burns and Scalds
Assessment
There is no final exam each learner is continuously assessed by the trainer / assessor during their training. It is then both the responsibility and decision of the trainer/assessor to determine if each learner has reached the level required to become a first aider within the work place.
Certification
Successful learners will be certified by The International Certification and Course will run under the ODC lifesaving training center Training Academy (TICTA) which is valid for three years from course completion date.
