Member Training: Paediatric First Aid Training – 2 days

“The trainer was excellent. He gave a really good feel of ‘real life’ situations. I feel a lot more confident because of this – many thanks.”

Course Aims

To train delegates to be able to deal with a paediatric emergency within the workplace.

Suitable For

People who work in nursery, first, infant or primary schools.

Delegates will receive a Norvic certificate in Paediatric First Aid – valid for 3 years.

Syllabus

• Making an emergency plan
• Basic life support and choking
• The unconscious casualty
• Shock
• Wounds and bleeding
• Burns and electric shock
• Anaphylaxis
• Strain and sprains
• Fractures and dislocations
• Head and eye injuries
• Poison and harmful substances including bites and stings
• Heat and cold injuries
• Foreign bodies in the ear and nose
• Medical emergencies
• Epilepsy
• Asthma and hyperventilation
• Croup/stridor
• Epiglottis
• Diabetes
• Sickle cell
• Meningitis
• First aid kits
• Accident books.