Paediatric First Aid - Level 2 - Online Course - CPD Accredited
Paediatric First Aid - Level 2 - Online Course - CPD Accredited.
Welcome to The Mandatory Training Group's online Paediatric First Aid training course for all sectors. This e-learning course was developed in line with the latest UK legislation and meets the requirements set out by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and other professional and regulatory bodies.
Course content
This online Paediatric First Aid training course covers how to help a baby or child who:
- Is unresponsive and breathing,
- Is unresponsive and not breathing, including:
- The chain of survival, and
- The use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) on a child.
- Is choking,
- Is bleeding,
- Is burnt or has a scald,
- Has an object in their eye, ear or nose,
- Has hypothermia or heat exhaustion,
- Has sickness or fever,
- Has a medical emergency, including:
- Meningitis,
- Diabetic emergency,
- Seizures,
- Asthma attack, and
- Severe allergic reaction (anaphylactic shock).
- Has an injury to a bone muscle or joint (including spinal injuries)
- Has a head injury, and
- Has swallowed something harmful.
Who is the course for?
This online Paediatric First Aid training course is suitable for those who care for/look after/work with babies, children and young people in any professional setting, including:
- Nannies,
- Child-minders,
- Nursery workers,
- Au pairs,
- Teachers, and
- Sports and community clubs.
This online Paediatric First Aid training course meets the early years (EYFS) and childcare registration requirements.
This online Paediatric First Aid training course is also suitable for people who do not need first aid training for work reasons but would like to learn first aid for babies and children. The following groups will also find this course useful:
- New and expectant parents,
- Grandparents, and
- Carers and caregivers.
Our online paediatric first aid training courses are also suitable for healthcare and social care staff.
Course aims
The aims and objectives of this online Paediatric First Aid training course are to improve learners’ understanding of their responsibilities, current UK legislation and best practice guidance.
Learning outcomes
This online Paediatric First Aid training course also includes basic first aid skills, details on accident reporting, and administering medication for those working in a childcare setting. On completion of this paediatric first aid training course, learners will:
- Understand the role and responsibilities of the paediatric first aider,
- Be able to assess an emergency safely,
- Be prepared to provide first aid for an infant and a child:
- Who is unresponsive and breathing normally, including a child and infant resuscitation,
- Who is unresponsive and not breathing normally,
- Who has a foreign body airway obstruction,
- With external bleeding, and
- With injuries to bones, joints and muscles.
- Understand how to administer emergency first aid to an infant and a child with a chronic medical condition or sudden illness:
- Diabetic emergencies,
- Asthma attack,
- Allergic reaction,
- Meningitis, and
- Febrile convulsions.
- Understand how to administer first aid to an infant and a child:
- Who is experiencing the effects of extreme heat and cold,
- Who has sustained an electric shock,
- With burns or scalds,
- Who has been poisoned,
- Who has been bitten or stung,
- With minor injuries, including cuts, grazes, bumps and bruises, small splinters and nose bleeds,
- With conditions affecting the eyes, ears and nose,
- With head and spinal injuries,
- With anaphylaxis, and
- Who is suffering from shock.
- Understand how to complete records relating to illnesses, injuries and emergencies.
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