Pat Marshall Training

QA Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid (QCF)

 

This is a 12-hour course delivered over two days or 4 evenings. The course is designed for workers caring for children in the absence of parents. Suitable for child minders who need to comply with EYF / Ofsted Paediatric First Aid Requirements September 2016. First aid for child minders.

 

We are a Qualsafe Registered centre for Paediatric First Aid.

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Attend a public course or we can come to you and deliver to your group.

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The certificate must be renewed every three years. The course covers the requirements for EYFS and Ofsted as follows;

 

• Recording accidents and incidents

• Contents of the First Aid Kit

• Planning for first aid emergencies involving babies and children

• Dealing with emergencies in babies and young children

• Resuscitating babies and children

• Recognising and dealing with shock in babies and children

• Recognising and responding appropriately to

• anaphylactic shock in babies and children

• electric shock in babies and children

• bleeding in babies and children

• cases of poisoning in babies and children

• the emergency needs of babies and children with chronic medical conditions including:- epilepsy asthma, sickle cell, diabetes.

• meningitis and other sudden illness.

• Responding appropriately to

• burns and scalds in babies and children

• choking in babies and children

• suspected fractures in babies and young children

• neck, head and back injuries in babies and children

• foreign bodies in eyes, ears and noses of babies and children

• eye injuries in babies and children

• bites and stings in babies and children

• the effects of extreme heat and cold in babies and children

• febrile convulsions in babies and young children

 

Practical assessments will be carried out throughout the course to ensure students are competent.

 

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