Paediatric

Course Aims

To ensure that the candidates have enough knowledge to preserve life and treat life threatening and painful conditions/illnesses in adults, children, and babies To know when to call for help and what needs recording. The laws governing the care of children and babies. Comprehensive notes are provided on completion of the course.This course is interactive and includes significant practical content. Upon successful completion of the course a certificate of Paediatric First Aid will be awarded.

Course Content

Definition of first aid

Your roles and responsibilities as a first aider

Basic life support for adult, child, and baby

Recovery position and how to monitor an injured casualty adult child and baby

How to call for help

How to maintain your own and others safety whilst doing first aid

Recognition and treatment of asphyxia and hypoxia

Asthma

Anaphylaxis

Choking in adult, child, and baby

Croup and febrile convulsions

External and internal recognition and treatment of a bleed

Burns how to treat and when hospital is needed

Poisoning how to treat and what to do when waiting for the ambulance

Fractures and dislocations what not to do

Heart conditions recognition and how to help

Head injuries recognition and how to treat

Heat imbalance recognise and how to treat

Diabetes how to help

Sickle cell syndrome

Epilepsy what you should and should not do to keep the casualty safe

Stroke how to recognise and what you can do

How to maintain an accident book and what, when and who to report to

Your responsibilities in maintaining the first aid box and it's contents

Course Duration: 2 days

Competency is achieved by continual assessment throughout the day.

This course is delivered in house or as an open course.

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