Course Overview
The Paediatric First Aid course is a comprehensive two-day training programme designed to give learners the knowledge, practical skills and confidence to respond effectively to a wide range of first aid emergencies involving infants and children.
Building on essential life-saving first aid skills, the course explores a broader range of childhood injuries, illnesses and medical emergencies and helps learners understand how first aid techniques should be adapted when caring for babies and children.
Throughout the course, learners take part in practical exercises and realistic scenarios designed to develop their ability to assess an emergency, provide appropriate first aid and care for an infant or child until further medical assistance is available..
What You’ll Learn
- The role and responsibilities of a paediatric first aider
- Assessing an emergency situation safely
- Assessing and managing an unresponsive infant or child
- Infant and child CPR Safe use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
- Recovery positions for infants and children
- Managing choking in infants and children
- Wounds, bleeding and shock
- Burns and scalds
- Injuries to bones, muscles and joints
- Head, neck and spinal injuries
- Eye, ear and nose injuries
- Bites and stings
- Poisoning Recognising and responding to anaphylaxis
- Managing seizures
- Recognising meningitis and other serious illness
- Managing asthma and breathing difficulties
- Diabetes and related emergencies
- The effects of extreme heat and cold
- Knowing when and how to summon emergency assistance
- Recording and reporting first aid incidents
Practical, confidence-building first aid training
Responding to an emergency involving a baby or child can be particularly challenging. Having the opportunity to practise first aid skills before an emergency occurs can help learners respond more confidently when those skills are needed.
Our Paediatric First Aid training places a strong emphasis on practical learning. Learners practise essential techniques including infant and child CPR, managing choking, casualty assessment, recovery positions and responding to a range of injuries and medical emergencies.
Practical exercises and casualty scenarios help learners understand the differences between treating adults, children and infants while encouraging them to make appropriate decisions when faced with changing situations.
Training can also be delivered for groups at your workplace, nursery, school or other suitable venue, providing organisations with a convenient way to develop paediatric first aid capability.
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
Paediatric First Aid is designed for people who have responsibility for the care, supervision or safety of infants and children.
The course can be particularly relevant for people working in nurseries, early years settings, schools, childcare environments, children’s activity providers and other organisations where employees have responsibility for babies or children.
It can also be suitable for childminders, carers and others who require a more comprehensive level of paediatric first aid knowledge and practical capability.
Where paediatric first aid training is required to meet a particular professional, regulatory or workplace requirement, learners and organisations should ensure that the qualification and certification route selected meet the requirements applicable to their role or setting.
No previous first aid experience is required.
Comprehensive first aid skills for infants and children
The Paediatric First Aid course goes beyond immediate life-saving emergencies and explores a wider range of injuries, illnesses and medical conditions that may affect infants and children.
Learners consider how a child’s age and development can influence casualty assessment, communication and first aid treatment. The course also explores the importance of recognising when a child’s condition may be deteriorating and when urgent medical assistance is required.
By combining first aid knowledge with practical scenarios, learners have opportunities to develop their decision-making skills as well as their practical ability.
The aim is to help learners leave the course with the confidence to recognise a paediatric emergency, take appropriate action and continue caring for the infant or child until further medical assistance is available.
No previous first aid experience is required.
Emergency Paediatric or Paediatric First Aid?
Not sure which course you need? Our one-day Emergency Paediatric First Aid course focuses on the essential skills needed to respond to immediate paediatric first aid emergencies, while our two-day Paediatric First Aid course provides more comprehensive training covering a broader range of injuries, illnesses and medical conditions affecting infants and children.
If you’re unsure which course is appropriate for your role or organisation, contact us and we’ll help you identify the right training route.
Explore our full range of First Aid Training courses.
CERTIFICATION OPTIONS
Choose the certification route that works for you.
Regulated Qualification
For organisations or learners who require an externally regulated first aid qualification.
The course follows the requirements of the relevant regulated qualification and, following successful completion, learners receive certification through the applicable awarding organisation.
Acumen Approved Course
For organisations that require high-quality first aid training without the need for a regulated qualification.
The course covers the essential practical skills and knowledge required for Emergency First Aid at Work, with successful learners receiving an Acumen Safety Solutions certificate of completion.
COURSE INFORMATION
Course Details
Duration: 2 Days
Delivery: Classroom training
Location: At your workplace or an arranged training venue
Assessment: Practical assessment and knowledge assessment
Certification: Regulated Qualification or Acumen Approved Course
Previous experience: None required
