Course Details:
Paediatric First Aid Training course is designed to provide staff working in childcare with training in First Aid for children, while providing support to the Occupational First Aider (OFA) within an organisation dealing with childcare or child supervision.
Aim:
To provide training to staff employed in childcare or supervision who intends to fulfil a position of First Aider.
Training Objectives:
On completion of this course participants will be able to:
Describe and demonstrate Paediatric First Aid
Describe the responsibilities of a First Aider
Understand and demonstrate essential life saving skills
Identify and administer first aid to medical and trauma emergencies
Identify risks to children in the home or workplace
Course Syllabus
Scene assessment and safety
Responsibilities of a First Aider
CPR for adults, children and infants
AED for adults and children
How to react in an emergency situation
Child and infant choking
Bleeding first aid
Dealing with unconscious children and infants
Febrile seizures, epilepsy, diabetes and asthma
Meningitis
Poisoning
Fractures and soft tissue injuries
Burns first aid
Head injuries and eye injuries
Course Duration: 1 Day
Certification: All participants will receive a certificate of attendance. Refresher course is recommended every 2 years.
