Paediatric First Aid

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Aims/What will you learn? • Resuscitation procedures appropriate to the age of children being cared for. • Recognising and dealing to shock, anaphylactic shock and electric shock. • Recognising and responding appropriately to bleeding and fractures • Responding appropriately to burns and scalds. • Responding appropriately to choking. • Responding appropriately to head, neck and back injuries. • Recognising and responding appropriately to cases of poisoning. • Responding appropriately to foreign bodies in eyes, ears and noses. • Responding appropriately to eye injuries. • Responding appropriately to bites and stings. • Responding appropriately to the effects of extreme heat and cold. • Responding appropriately to febrile convulsions. • Recognising and responding appropriately to the emergency needs of children with chronic medical conditions, including epilepsy, asthma, sickle cell anaemia, diabetes. • Recognising and responding appropriately to meningitis and other serious sudden illnesses. • Methods for recording and reporting incidents • This will be learnt through basic theory, demonstration and practicing

Course information

Name: Paediatric First Aid Qualification title: Non-externally-certificated non-FE other provision, Public Services SSA (01.4) Qualification type: Assessment Test Awarding Generic award - no awarding body Created 20120213 11:15:04 Updated 20150519 13:42:16

Entry requirements

What do I need to bring? A pen and a folder in which to keep handouts supplied on the course Equipment required What do I need to bring? A pen and a folder in which to keep handouts supplied on the course

Provider

BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN BOROUGH COUNCIL
neighbourhoodsandlearning@blackburn.gov.uk
01254 585 585
http://www.bwdlearning.org

Address

Room 421, Old Town Hall
TOWN HALL KING WILLIAM STREET Town: BLACKBURN County:BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN