Paediatric First Aid

Paediatric First Aid

COVID-19 Adaptations

Assessment does not involve physical contact with any other person and adaptations have been made to our assessment procedures to allow for social distancing to be in place throughout your time at our assessment centre.

If you have any concerns regarding these adaptations, please contact us.

This course covers how to help a baby or child who:

• is unresponsive and breathing
• is unresponsive and not breathing, including the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED)
• is choking
• is bleeding
• is burnt or has a scald
• has an object in their eye, ear or nose
• has hypothermia or heat exhaustion
• has sickness or a fever

This course also covers what to do if someone is having a medical emergency, including:

• meningitis
• diabetic emergency
• seizures
• asthma attack
• severe allergic reaction (anaphylactic shock)
• has an injury to a bone muscle or joint (including spinal injuries)
• has a head injury
• has swallowed something harmful.

On successful completion of this course, candidates will receive a Paediatric First Aid Certificate which is valid for three years. This course meets OFSTED requirements. This course can be used as evidence for an NVQ in childcare and education.