This qualification is designed for workers caring for children in the absence of their parents. This qualification meets Ofsted requirements for those working in early years settings.

Topics include

Planning for and dealing with first aid emergencies involving babies and children. Including:

CPR, shock, anaphylactic shock, electric shock, bleeding, burns and scalds, choking, suspected fractures, head, neck and back injuries, poisoning, foreign bodies in eyes, ears and noses, eye injuries, bites and stings, effects of extreme heat and cold, febrile convulsions, chronic medical conditions, including epilepsy, asthma, diabetes, meningitis and other serious sudden illness.

This qualification is designed to provide essential paediatric lifesaving skills and paediatric incident management.  Typical delivery methods are predominantly practical and the course is assessed by continual observation of candidate performance.

All the current course dates are listed below. If you can’t see any dates or venues that work for you, or if you are interested in this course and have more than 4 or 5 staff who need the qualification, it may be more cost effective and convenient for us to come to you. Please fill in the form here and we will contact you to discuss your requirements further.