Course Content

• Introduction to Paediatric First Aid
  • Course introduction
  • What are common injuries within a nursery?
  • Paediatric first aid provision
  • Paediatric Accident Reporting and Record Keeping
  • Paediatric reporting and consent
  • Fears of First Aid
  • Asking permission and consent to help
  • Calling the Emergency Services
  • What3Words - location app
  • Alternative emergency phone numbers
  • Waiting for the E.M.S to arrive
  • Scene Safety
  • Chain of Survival
  • DRcABCDE approach
  • Differences in Child Size
  • Planning for paediatric emergencies
  • Using gloves
  • Face shields and children
  • Initial Assessment and Recovery Position - Paediatric
  • Infant Recovery Position
  • Paediatric First Aid Kits
  • First Aid and Infection Control
• Cardiac Arrest and CPR
  • Paediatric CPR Introduction
  • RCUK & ERC Resus Guidelines
  • Three Steps to Save a Life (2025)
  • When to call for assistance
  • Resuscitation of children
  • How a 999 call is handled by the EMS - CPR Scenario
  • Child CPR
  • CPR Hand Over
  • Compressions Only CPR
  • Drowning prevention
  • Drowning
  • Adolescent CPR
  • Infant CPR
  • AED Introduction
  • Child AED
  • Update on AED pad placement
  • Using an AED on an infant
  • Using an AED on an adolescent
• Choking Management
  • Choking Recognition
  • Older Child and Adult Choking
  • Choking in children
  • Infant Choking
• Bleeding Control
  • Types of Bleed
  • Serious Bleeding and Bandaging
  • Excessive Blood Loss
  • Embedded Objects
  • Minor Injuries
  • Nose bleeds
  • Applying Plasters
  • Other Types of Injury
• Secondary Care Ongoing Assessments for Injury and Illness
  • Secondary Care Introduction
  • Strains and Sprains and the RICE procedure
  • Spinal Injury
  • Opening the airway Jaw Thrust
  • Stabilising the spine
  • Spinal Recovery Position
  • Eye Injuries
  • Abdominal Injuries
  • Bites and stings
  • About Anaphylaxis
  • What is Anaphylaxis
  • Minor allergic reactions
  • Common causes of allergic reactions
  • What is an Auto-Injector?
  • Signs and Symptoms of Anaphylaxis
  • Anaphylaxis patient position
  • Adrenaline nasal spray for anaphylaxis
  • Giving a second dose
  • Burns and burn kits
  • Treating a burn
  • Heat emergencies
  • Cold emergencies
  • Shock
  • Dealing with Fainting
  • Electrical Injuries
  • Hyperventilation
  • Foreign objects in the eye, ears or nose
  • Splinters
• Injury and Illness in Children
  • Childhood Illnesses and Accidents
  • Illness Assessment for Children and SAMPLE
  • Paediatric triage - behaviour breathing and body colour BBB
  • What is Asthma
  • The Respiratory System
  • How Asthma Affects the Respiratory System
  • Asthma Signs and Symptoms
  • Severe Asthma
  • The Brown Inhaler
  • The Blue Inhaler
  • Asthma Spacers
  • When an Asthma inhaler is not available
  • What to do in an Asthma Emergency
  • Diabetes overview
  • What is Diabetes?
  • Why is Glucose So Important?
  • How is Glucose Stored in the Body?
  • Hyperglycaemia
  • Hypoglycaemia
  • Type 1 Diabetes
  • Type 2 Diabetes
  • Diabetic Complications
  • Testing Blood Sugar
  • Testing Blood Sugar - Live
  • Fractures
  • Types of fracture
  • Splints
  • Dislocated Shoulders and Joints
  • Blister Care
  • Epilepsy
  • Epilepsy treatment
  • Types of head injury and consciousness
  • Poisons and Food Poisoning
  • Household Cleaning Products Poisoning and first aid
  • Meningitis
  • Sickle Cell
  • Febrile convulsions
  • Croup
  • Strep A Infections in Children
  • Sepsis in Infants and Children
• Summary
  • Paediatric blended and your test
  • Course Summary