Course Overview
The Emergency Paediatric First Aid course is a practical one-day training programme designed to give learners the knowledge, skills and confidence to respond effectively to first aid emergencies involving infants and children.
Providing first aid to a baby or child can feel very different from responding to an adult casualty. This course helps learners understand those differences while developing essential life-saving skills that can be used when a child becomes injured or suddenly unwell.
Throughout the course, learners take part in practical activities and scenarios designed to build confidence in assessing an emergency, providing appropriate first aid and responding effectively 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 an unresponsive infant or child
- Infant and child CPR Safe use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
- Placing an infant or child in an appropriate recovery position
- Managing choking in infants and children
- Wounds, bleeding and shock
- Minor injuries Burns and scalds
- Recognising and responding to seizures
- Recognising and responding to anaphylaxis
- Recognising signs of serious illness
- Knowing when and how to summon emergency assistance
- Recording and reporting first aid incidents
Practical, confidence-building first aid training
nowing what to do when an infant or child becomes seriously ill or injured can make a significant difference.
Our Emergency Paediatric First Aid training places a strong emphasis on practical learning. Learners have opportunities to practise essential skills including infant and child CPR, managing choking, recovery positions, casualty assessment and the management of bleeding and other first aid emergencies.
Practical activities help learners become familiar with the differences between providing first aid to adults, children and infants while developing the confidence to respond calmly when faced with an emergency.
Training can also be delivered for groups at your workplace, school, nursery or other suitable venue, providing a convenient way for organisations to develop essential paediatric first aid capability.
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
Emergency Paediatric First Aid is suitable for people who are responsible for, work with or regularly care for infants and children.
The course may be particularly relevant for people working in nurseries, schools, childcare settings, children’s activity providers and other environments where infants or children are present.
It can also provide useful first aid knowledge for parents, grandparents and carers who want to develop the confidence and practical skills to respond to an emergency involving a child.
Where emergency paediatric first aid training is required for a particular professional or regulatory purpose, organisations should ensure that the course and certification route selected meet the requirements applicable to their setting.
First aid skills for infants and children
Children aren’t simply smaller adults. Their anatomy, physiology and the types of emergencies they may experience mean that some first aid techniques need to be adapted.
The Emergency Paediatric First Aid course helps learners understand these differences and recognise when an infant or child may require urgent medical assistance.
Learners practise responding to realistic situations while considering not only the immediate first aid treatment but also communication, reassurance, monitoring the casualty and obtaining appropriate emergency assistance.
The aim is to help learners leave the course with practical skills they can recall and use confidently if they are ever faced with a real paediatric first aid emergency.
No previous first aid experience is required.
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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: 1 Day
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
