Who should attend?
The Paediatric First Aid course is designed to train individuals to provide immediate first aid care for infants and children. This course also includes adult essential skills in basic life support as they differ from the skills of infant and child. This course meets the recommendation of the HSE Health and Safety at Work (1981) Regulations for Appointed Persons in the Workplace.
What will they learn?
This course will provide first aid skills necessary to manage an infant or child that is not breathing normally, is unconscious, bleeding or is ill or injured prior to the arrival of the emergency services.
Students will practise the essential skills in small groups and will apply these in scenario sessions during the course.
Course Content
Introduction
• Principles of First Aid
• Good practise
• Infants and Children
• Chain of Survival
• Emergency Management Procedure
• Care CycleTM
Basic life Support
• Primary Survey & Reassessment
• Clearing the Airway
• Recovery Position
• CPR Infant, Child and Adult
• Alternative Ventilation Procedures
• Introduction to AED's
• Choking Infant, Child and Adult
Secondary Survey Patient
• Patient History Taking
• Chief Complaint
• Signs and Symptoms
• Past Medical History
• Physical Assessment
• Head to Toe Survey
Scene Safety
• Scene Survey
• Exposure Protection
• Risk to Rescuer
• Barrier Devices
First Aid Topics
• Breathing Problems
• Circulatory Problems
• Environmental Problems
• Nervous System Problems
• Other Medical Problems
• Other Injuries
Life Threatening Conditions
• Severe Bleeding
• Shock Management
First Aid Health and Safety
• First Aid Kit
• Accident Reporting
Course duration
16 hours in total (2 days)
Assessment
Students are assessed throughout the course by instructor observation of the essential skills.
Certificate and Validity
Paediatric First Aid certificate from First Aid International*, valid for 3 years.
Entry requirement
Participants should have Basic English skills. Minimum age: 16 years.
Price
Corporate rate for groups of up to 12 delegates: AED 7,500 per course.
