PAEDIACTRIC FIRST AID
1 DAY COURSE
This One-day course covers the role of the Paediatric First Aider, A good instruction for people working with Children and Babies.
The Primary Survey can be called an initial assessment, which must be carried out irrespective of the incident you are confronted with. Things can be vitally different when you are dealing with a young child or baby, especially as babies can’t tell you what’s wrong.
Secondary assessment, once you establish your casualty is breathing normally, this will help finding out what is potentially wrong with the child/baby so the correct treatment can be given. This could be anything from talking to them gaining more information or placing them into the recovery position. Young children may be reluctant on giving out too much information so trying to bond with them maybe a good start.
CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) and AED (Automatic External Defibrillator). An In depth look at the respiratory and circulationary system and how it differs in children and babies and how we can attempt to get it working again. The difference in settings on the AED and the difference in pad placement.
Seizures (convulsions) what causes them and the different types. What to do to a child/baby suffering from a convulsion or fit.
Airway obstruction or chocking. This can be quite common in young children and babies. The signs and how to deal with them
Wounds and bleeds, the different types of wounds children especially may suffer from and how we can we can treat the various types. Wounds can range from grazes to amputation. We also look at shock, which occurs through loss off fluids from the body and the importance of preventing it.
Finally, we look at the different types of bites and stings that children/babies can suffer from, including animal bites as well as insects and fish.
PAEDIACTRIC FIRST AID
2 DAY COURSE
This two-day course covers everything from the day one but looks at a lot more injuries and elements.
Bone, joint and muscle injuries. We look a brief make up of the human body and the different things that can happen. Different types of fractures and other strains, sprains and dislocations. We look at what we can do to help relieve the pain.
Head and Spinal Injuries can be potentially life changing or life ending if dealt with wrong. We cover the signs and symptoms of the different injuries to the head and neck and then move onto the spine and the dangers to the casualty if dealt with incorrectly.
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Foreign Body and Eye Injuries. As far as babies and young children are concerned, they do have a habit of sticking things up their nose or in their ears, they can swallow items which can cause them to choke. They can have eye injuries caused by blows, lacerations, UV light as well as foreign bodies. We look at what we can do to treat and prevent these injuries.
Chronic medical conditions. These cover various ailments ranging from some less known like sickle cell anaemia, meningitis, febrile convulsions to diabetes and asthma. We look at the difference between heat stroke and heat exhaustion, hypothermia and the signs as somebody deteriorates.
Children can stick items, including fingers into electrical sockets causing electric shock as well as getting struck by lightning.
Burns and scalds, we look at the three different classifications of a burn and how we would deal with them. How we would treat a burn and things to avoid.
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Poisoning can cover a wide range from household poisons, plants to industrial poisons. We also look at overdoses from tablets, narcotics and alcohol poisoning and dealing with them.
Anaphylaxis can be known as a SEVERE allergic reaction and it is potentially life threatening. We cover how to deal with somebody suffering a severe allergic reaction.
The Two-Day Course is Recognised by Ofsted.
