Paediatric First Aid
12 February 2015
This two-day paediatric first aid course focuses on emergency scenarios that face professionals looking after young children and infants, including teachers, playgroup leaders, childcare providers, childminders.
This two-day paediatric first aid course taking place on 20 and 22 April focuses on emergency scenarios that face professionals looking after young children and infants, including teachers, playgroup leaders, childcare providers, childminders.
Date: 20 April 2015
Time: 9:30am to 3:30pm
Venue: The MIDAS Centre, Meadowfield School, Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4N
Cost: £120
About the course
This two-day paediatric first aid course focuses on emergency scenarios that face professionals looking after young children and infants, including teachers, playgroup leaders, childcare providers, child-minders.
The paediatric first aid course meets the standards required by Ofsted.
Who should attend?
This course is for people working with younger children - those up to eight years old – or working towards an NVQ in Childcare and Education.
What you will learn?
The course covers how to deal with accidents and emergencies involving babies and children.
Course content:
- The role of the first aider
- Managing an emergency
- Communication and casualty care
- Allergic reaction
- Asthma and diabetic emergencies
- Bleeding
- Bone, muscle and joint injuries
- Burns
- Childhood conditions e.g. measles, meningitis, croup
- Chokin
- Eye injuries
- Foreign objects
- Head injuries
- Heat and extreme cold
- Poisoning, bites and stings
- Resuscitation (all ages CPR)
- Seizures
- Spinal injuries
- Treatment of unconscious casualty
Book your place
For booking form and further information contact Helen Bailey - email: midas@meadowfield.kent.sch.uk or call 01795 477788 (option 5).