Early Years First Aid Training
Back to Life Ltd
Delivery Method: Face-to-face Essential Information
- Type of training: Face-to-face simulation led training
- Availability: In-house at your chosen location, or for individuals at one of our "open" sessions
- Duration: 12 hours
- Class size: Maximum 12 candidates per trainer - multiple trainers available on request
- Certification: Individual certificates issued upon completion of the course, valid for 3 years
Course Description
This course is designed for carers of children and babies in the absence of their parents/guardians.
It is a requirement from Ofsted that there should be at least one person available within the childcare setting at all times who holds a valid paediatric first aid certificate. It is, however, recommended that childcare settings consider training all staff in paediatric first aid.
The content of the course is approved by Ofsted and appropriate to the age of the children in any given childcare setting.
The course is fun, practical and informative and is made relevant and appropriate for those working with children.
Course Contents
Accidents and injuries
- Basic Life Support appropriate to the age of the children being cared for
- Choking
- Shock and Bleeding
- Eye injury
- Foreign objects in ears etc.
- Head injuries
- Minor wounds
- Moving injured casualties
- Poisoning
- Recognising injury to; bones, joints and muscles
- Shock
- Spinal injury
- Stings and bites
- Effects of extreme temperatures including febrile convulsion
Common Chronic Medical Conditions In Children
- Asthma
- Epilepsy
- Anaphylaxis
- Diabetes
- Sickle cell anaemia
- Dealing with infectious illnesses in child care including meningitis
Equipment and Reporting
- First aid boxes
- Reporting and record keeping
- Reporting of Injuries and Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)
- Medicine Administration
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the chain of survival
- Understand the principles of initial assessment
- Understand the basic theory and practice of dealing with injuries and illness
- Gain information on how to set up policies and procedures within the Childcare setting and be able to
- plan for first aid emergencies
- Learn about first aid boxes and the recommended equipment you should have in the childcare setting, including safe storage and administration of medication
