Delivered by:
The Training Company
Audience:
All early years foundation stage (EYFS) practitioners to meet legal requirement 'at least one person who has a current paediatric first aid certificate must be on the premises at all times when children are present, and must accompany children on outings.'
Course description:
A certificated course to meet the EYFS welfare requirements of caring for children from birth to 12 years old
Outcomes:
- Training is designed for workers caring for children in the absence of their parent
- The training leading to a certificate or a renewal certificate is a minimum of 12 hours
- The first aid certificate should be renewed every three years
- Resuscitation and other equipment includes baby and junior models, as appropriate
- Training covers appropriate contents of a first aid box
- Training should include recording accidents and incidents
- Training should be appropriate to the age of the children being cared for
The course covers the following areas:
- Planning for first aid emergencies
- Dealing with emergencies
- Resuscitation procedures appropriate to the age of children being cared for
- Recognising and dealing with shock
- Recognising and responding appropriate to anaphylactic shock
- Recognising and responding appropriately to electric shock
- Recognising and responding appropriately to bleeding
- Responding appropriately to burns and scalds
- Responding appropriately to choking
- Responding appropriately to suspected fractures
- Responding appropriately to head, neck and back injuries
- Recognising and responding appropriately to cases of poisoning
- Responding appropriately to foreign bodies in eyes, ears and noses
- Responding appropriately to eye injuries
- Responding appropriately to bites and stings
- Responding appropriately to the effects of extreme heat and cold
- Responding appropriately to febrile convulsions
- Recognising and responding appropriately to the emergency needs of children with chronic medical conditions, including epilepsy, asthma, sickle cell anemia, diabetes
- Recognising and responding appropriately to meningitis and other serious sudden illnesses
Course length:
Two day, 12 hour course
Pre-course requirements:
None
Numbers:
12
Cost:
£60
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