Candidates successfully completing this course will be entitled to act as a first aider in the workplace. In addition to the subjects covered on a standard Emergency First Aid at Work course, it also includes paediatric first aid training relevant to a school environment.
Areas covered:
- The role of the first aider
- Importance of preventing cross infection
- The need for recording incidents and actions
- Use of available equipment
- Assessing the situation & act safely in an emergency
- Administering Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation
- Safe use of an Automated External Defibrillator
- Administering first aid to a casualty who is unconscious, choking, wounded or bleeding, suffering from shock
- Providing appropriate first aid for Minor Injuries (small cuts, grazes, bruises, minor burns, scalds & small splinters)
- Administering Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation to a child
- Recognition and management of Asthma
- Recognition and management of Anaphylaxis
- Administering first aid to a child who is unconscious (including seizures) or choking.
