Paediatric First Aid 
Course Description:

The Paediatric First Aid course is designed to train individuals to provide immediate first aid care for infants and children. This course meets the first aid requirements of Ofsted for the Early Years Foundation Stage standards, the National Childminding Association, the Pre-School Learning Alliance, and the Department for Children, Schools and Families Surestart guidelines for Paediatric First Aid.

This course will provide first aid skills necessary to manage an infant or child who is not breathing normally, is unconscious, bleeding or is ill or injured prior to the arrival of the emergency services, and also includes adult essential skills in basic life support and therefore also meets the recommendations of the HSE Health and Safety at Work (1981) Regulations for Appointed Persons in the Workplace. This course also meets the first aid requirements of the Department for Children, Schools and Families and First Aid in Schools.

Minimum age: 16 years

Length of the Course: 12 contact hours over a minimum of 2 days. Maximum number of students on a single course is 12. Minimum number of students required to run a course is 6.

Course certification:
On successful completion of the course students will be awarded the 'Paediatric First Aid' certificate, which meets the recommendations by the HSE for Appointed Persons in the Workplace, and is valid for three years.

Course location and price:

Delivered on site in the workplace.      Delivered at our venue.
£100 per person   £150 per person.

Corporate courses - £negotiable over 8 students per course.
This page was last updated: August 26, 2011