Course Overview:
This qualification is ideal for anyone who cares for infants and children, such as: parents, guardians, grandparents or those who have a professional involvement with infants and children and want to learn key paediatric first aid skills.
Successful candidates will learn the roles and responsibilities of the emergency paediatric first aider, and will be equipped with the skills needed to deal with a range of paediatric first aid situations, such as performing CPR
Course topics:
- The roles and responsibilities of an emergency paediatric first aider
- Assessing an emergency situation
- Dealing with an unresponsive infant child
- Recovery Position
- CPR and AED
- Choking
- Minor Injuries
- Bites and Stings
- Seizures
- External Bleeding
- Hypovolaemic shock
Certification: QA Level 3 Award in Emergency Paediatric First Aid