Paediatric First Aid

Target Audience

Those working in the Care and Education Service.

Objectives

By the end of the course candidates should be able to:

  • Plan for first aid emergencies involving babies and children
  • Deal with emergencies involving babies and children
  • Recognise and respond to the emergency needs in babies and children with chronic medical conditions
  • Recognise and respond to meningitis and other serious sudden illness

Duration

12 contact hours - 2 days

Benefits

To enable candidates to recognise and respond to the emergency needs in babies and children.

Outline content

  • Emergency procedures
  • Resuscitation techniques
  • Anaphylactic shock
  • Choking
  • Febrile convulsions
  • Meningitis and other serious sudden illness
  • Bleeding
  • Fractures
  • Poisons
  • Miscellaneous conditions

Prices on application

Duration: 12 hours over 2 days

Course dates

There are no courses currently planned matching your criteria but we may be able to arrange a course specially for you. Please contact your preferred training centre for details.