FIRST AID CHILDREN AND BABIES

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This course will be appropriate for all those who work with children who have no formal first aid qualifications.  It will also be suitable for 4 Day First Aid at Work and other trained staff who would benefit from an update or additional First Aid training in relation to children & babies.

OBJECTIVES

By the end of the programme delegates will be able to:-

• Know how to cope with a child or baby emergency
• Understand the different procedures from treatment of adult casualties

CONTENTS

• Introduction to first Aid
• Recognition of injuries (history, symptoms, signs)
• The unconscious casualty
• Check vital signs (airway, breathing, circulation)
• Recovery position
• combining rescue breaths with chest compressions
• Airway and breathing difficulties (choking, asthma, drowning etc)
• Circulation (how it works)
• Circulation disorders (fainting shock)
• Head injuries (levels of response, concussion , when to enlist help etc)
• Severe bleeding - Minor bleeding - Precautions (gloves, tetanus, HIV/Hep. B awareness)
• Infantile convulsions & epileptic seizures
• Diabetes
• sting and bites
• fractures
• croup
• meningitis
• sickle cell
• Open forum