First Aid for Toddlers and Children

This 3 hour course deals with accidents and injuries involving toddlers and children. You will learn what to do in an emergency, practise CPR skills and understand about treatment for common accidents and illnesses.

Who should attend?

This course is ideal for parents, child carers and those working with children who do not need the depth and detail of the Ofsted course and for parents who would have completed a First Aid for babies course and now find they need a CPR refresher and to cover areas not covered previously on the baby course.

What you will learn?

The course offers covers care of the unconscious child who is either breathing, or not-breathing as well as the treatment of commonly occurring accidents and illnesses. Children are now far more likely to injure themselves and we will ensure that we cover in detail choking, head injuries, burns and scalds, poisoning, bleeding, breaks and sprains, acute allergic reaction and any other areas that are of concern.

Course content

(for guidance only, will be adapted according to individual needs)

• Action at an emergency – priorities of treatment
• Care of the child who is unconscious but breathing – Recovery position
• Care of the child who is unconscious and not breathing – CPR
• Management of the child with a possible spinal injury
• Choking – theory and practical
• Drowning
• What to put in your First Aid Kit and how to keep your toddler safe
• Major and minor bleeds, embedded objects, grazes, amputated parts, knocked out teeth, objects in eyes, ears and nose, nose bleeds, bruising…
• Burns, scalds & electric shock
• Anaphylaxis (allergic reaction and use of an Epipen)
• Poisoning
• Head injury – concussion, compression & skull fracture
• Breaks, sprains and dislocations
• Treatment of all forms of shock.
• Treatment for medical conditions such as; febrile convulsions, asthma etc…

Course duration

Approx. 3 hours

Assessment and certification

Continuous assessment by trainer. Certificate valid for 3 years