Paediatric First Aid

Course - 12hr Early Years Paediatric First Aid

This course is ideal for primary and nursery school teachers, child minders and child careers. It is a highly practical and fun course which:

• meets the criteria defined for first aid training in the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework
• meets Ofsted first aid requirements for registered childminders and the requirements for first aid for nannies under the Department for Children, Schools and Families Approved Carers Scheme.
• can be used as evidence for employees working towards an NVQ in Childcare and Education.
• follows the guidelines of and was approved by the NCMA (National Child Minding Association) and the PLA (Pre-school Learning Alliance) until July 2005 (NCMA & PLA no longer validate training organisations). 

All attendees will leave with both a full set of paediatric first aid skills and the confidence to put them into practise should the need ever arise.

Certificates are valid for 3 years.  There are no pre-requisites to attend this course.

Course Content

• A systematic approach to incident management
• Infant, Child and Adult Resuscitation procedures
• Choking
• Bleeding - internal/external, major/minor
• Shock - hypovolemic and anaphylactic
• Hypothermia and hyperthermia
• Febrile convulsions
• Treating Damage - suspected fractures, head, neck and back injuries
• Eye injuries and foreign bodies in eyes, ears and noses
• Bites and stings
• Poisoning
• Burns and scalds
• Electric shock
• Common illness - epilepsy, asthma, sickle cell anaemia, diabetes

"All staff have found this extremely useful, covering all aspects of the necessary statutory requirements alongside supporting the staff to feel secure in adminstering Basic First Aid if it is required.  The course covered all aspects in a clear and encouraging manner, guiding less confident staff members. " Gina Nicolson, Kew Green Preparatory School

Course - Emergency Life Support for Children & Students (Yr 4 - Yr 13)

When someone is having a heart attack, has serious bleeding, choking, is unconscious or in cardiac arrest, knowing what to do to help keep them alive until professional help arrives can give their chances of survival a significant boost. The skills you need for this are called Emergency Life Support skills, or ELS.

Children of all ages should learn first aid.  It is such an important life skill to have and the practical nature of first aid training means that the course is always a bit hit with the children and a really fun day.
 

According to the British Heart Foundation: "CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), taught in schools as part of ELS, might double a casualty’s chances of survival from a cardiac arrest."  Ref: http://www.bhf.org.uk/get-involved/campaigning/emergency-life-support-skills.aspx

Course Timings

The course takes a full school day and will fit around your standard break and lunchtimes.

Course Content

• Managing an incident safely
• Calling 999
• Rolling an adult or child into the recovery position
• Performing resuscitation on an adult
• Treating an adult or child who is choking
• Stopping a bleed and putting bandages on

Booking a Course

We can run in-house training at your venue for groups of up to 15 per instructor.  You simply need a room large enough to not only seat everyone but also to allow them to lie on the floor and be rolled around without bumping into furniture or each other.  Ask about organising a course for your group >>

Happy Customers

"For the last five years React First has provided full day training courses for our girls in the IIs and IIIs (Year 8 & 9) as part of our outdoor education programme. We feel very strongly at Tudor Hall that the girls need a good understanding of First Aid in case of an emergency, preparing them for further training in D of E.The two-year progressive course from React First is pitched just right for our girls, so that our girls learn the theory in a fun and interactive way and have lots of practical hands-on training. Charlie and his team liaise closely with the staff, with whom he has built a sound relationship over the last few years.Thank you, we look forward to seeing you this coming year."

Jackie Webb, Tudor Hall School

Course - Inset Day First Aid Training

Running a whole school inset day first aid training course is a great team building day.  You staff learn or refresh their first aid skills which is always a great confidence boost.

Everyone attending will receive a basic first aid certificate which is valid for 3 years.

Course Timings

Ideally the course runs from 0930 - 1530 to give us a 6 hours.  However if you would like the course to fit around your existing school day structure just send us the timings that you require and we will be able to adapt the course to fit your day.

Course Content

• Incident Management – a systematic approach to managing first aid incidents and assessing casualties
• Safe Airway Position
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) - Adult & Child
• Choking - Adult & Child
• Bleeding 

If there is additional content that you would like to cover please give the office a call to discuss.  There is a limit to what can be taught in a day when our focus is practical training to ensure that everyone leaves with new skills.  For example if you have an AED on the premises and would like certain staff to receive additional training.

Booking a Course

We can run in-house training at your venue for groups of up to 15 per instructor.  You simply need a room large enough to not only seat everyone but also to allow them to lie on the floor and be rolled around without bumping into furniture or each other.  Ask about organising a course for your group >>

Happy Customers

"I just wanted to say a huge thank you for the excellent First Aid training you gave us last week on our Inset day. I have had so many comments from the staff about the day; how enjoyable it was, how much they learnt and how useful it was. The repetitive element, building up of the skills gradually, has really stuck in people''s minds, particularly the ''STOP. ASSESS'' (combined with the hands out!)It was also lovely to be spoken to as intelligent adults; so many trainers pitch this wrongly.Thanks again for an enjoyable and informative day."

Lucy Pike, Teacher, Ravenscourt Park Prep School