Emergency Paediatric First Aid Level 3
This course is designed to provide participants with the essential knowledge and skills required to effectively respond to medical emergencies involving children. By completing this course, you will be able to confidently provide first aid to children and potentially save lives. Our expert instructors will guide you through a range of topics.
We understand that medical emergencies involving children can be incredibly stressful and emotional. Our instructors will also guide how to manage these situations with empathy and compassion while maintaining a professional and composed demeanour.
Successful candidates will be issued with a certificate valid for 3 years. The 6-hour course costs £460. Prices may vary according to your unique requirements.
Learning Objectives
- Describe actions in an emergency
- Demonstrate adult and paediatric resuscitation
- Demonstrate the management of an unresponsive adult, infant and child
- Demonstrate the management of an adult, child or infant who is choking
- Explain the treatment for hypovolaemic shock
- Demonstrate the treatment of serious bleeding
- Explain the treatment for burns and scalds
- Explain the management of seizures in children, adults or infants
Early Years Courses
Risk Assessment for Child Carers
Aim: To enable delegates to carry out health and safety risk assessments in order to provide a safe environment for children and adults.
Safeguarding Children
Aim: To raise awareness of an adult's role when working with children and young people and to ensure they understand how to protect the safety of young people as well as to be aware of sensitive situations in which they may find themselves.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for Early Years
Aim: To provide delegates with an awareness and understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion.
Basic Paediatric First Aid
This course aims to introduce basic first aid to learners who have children and babies in their care and to enable them to recognise and respond to a paediatric emergency.
Emergency Paediatric First Aid
Aim: To ensure that learners are trained in adult and paediatric first aid techniques, enabling them to recognise and treat those who are ill or injured.
Paediatric First Aid
Aim: To introduce first aid to learners who have children and babies in their care and to enable them to recognise and respond to a paediatric emergency.
Health and Safety for Child Carers
Aim: To identify the health and safety issues relating to those working in the child care environment.
Manual Handling for Child Carers
Aim: To recognise the principles of safe manual handling of children and the importance of risk assessment prior to any manual handling task.