Our Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) First Aid Essentials - Paediatric First Aid course is designed to provide learners with a basic first aid skill set, including Cardiac First Response - Community (CFR-C).
Learners develop the knowledge and practical skills to assess and manage an infant or child who becomes suddenly ill or injured in the pre-hospital environment until the arrival of emergency medical services. The course is delivered by appropriately qualified instructors on the training faculty of EMS & Associates, a PHECC Approved Training Institution.
Course Methodology & Assessment
Skills Demonstrations:
Learners are formally assessed on practical skills throughout, or at the end of the course using the PHECC CFR Community and First Aid Essentials skills assessment sheets
Assessment Requirements:
The mandatory assessment components are the PHECC CFR Community skills assessment and the First Aid Essentials skills assessments. Remediation is provided in line with EMS & Associates assessment policy and procedures.
There is a maximum ratio of 8:1 (Learner: Instructor) for practical skills sessions.
Course Syllabus
Cardiac First Response - Community
Introduction to First Aid - Scene Safety, Communication, Consent, Safeguarding and Responder Wellbeing.
Patient Assessment - Primary Survey, Vital Signs, SAMPLE History and Secondary Survey.
Injury Management - Bleeding, Nosebleed, Dental Trauma, Musculoskeletal Injury, Head Injury, Spinal Injury and Burns.
Common Medical Emergencies - Diabetic Emergency, Asthma and Febrile Convulsions, Poisons.
Anaphylaxis, Sepsis, Fainting, Meningitis, Care of the Patient with Altered Level of Consciousness.
Practical First Aid Skills and Paediatric Patient Care
Please note that this Paediatric First Aid course is not a replacement for First Aid Response (FAR).
Where an organisation's Health & Safety Rish Assessments identify a requirement for a trained First Aid Responder, the appropriate 3-day First Aid Response course must be completed.
The Paediatric First Aid course is ideal for crèches, preschools, schools, childcare providers, teachers, SNAs, sports coaches, parents/ guardians and anyone caring for infants and children.
Further Information
For further information or to book a course, please call us on 041-9822933 or email us on info@emsandassociates.com
One day - no less than 6.5 contact hours, including the CFR Community module and assessment
There are no specific entry criteria, including a minimum age, for undertaking the course. However, a course participant should be mature enough to comprehend the knowledge, skills and implications associated with defibrillation and have the maturity to complete assessment to receive certification.
Upon successful completion of the course, learners will be issued a joint PHECC/EMS & Associates electronic certificate for First Aid Essentials - Paediatric First Aid and a separate joint certificate for Cardiac First Response - Community, valid for two years from the date of issue.
First Aid Essentials – Paediatric First Aid
€ 120.00
