QA Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid (QCF)
Course dates: Thurs 09/06/2016, and Fri 10/06/2016
Times: 09:00 - 16:30 (approx) (Registration begins at 08:45 on day one)
Venue: RescueSkills Training Centre, Unit 46, Basepoint Waterlooville, Waterberry Drive, Waterlooville, Hampshire PO7 7TH
(Free parking available)
The "Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid" qualification is based on, and meets the requirements of the Ofsted* and Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) guidelines** for people who work with, or look after, children, to enable them to have a basic knowledge of how to deal with emergency first aid situations. The course will give confidence and practice in the emergency life-saving techniques that are required in those first few minutes before professional help arrives, and includes some conditions/injuries that may occur when working with, or looking after children.
A Level 3 QCF regulated qualification offers significant advantages over non-regulated courses. Course credits (3 credits for this course) can be placed directly onto your Personal Learning Record for easy credit transfer for those studying towards higher qualifications, such as qualifications in Childcare, and you are assured of a high quality in the delivery of the training due to the quality assurance processes in place.
Course contents
The Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid course covers:
- Managing an incident, including emergency phone calls and record keeping/reporting of incidents
- Legislation the first aider needs to be familiar with
- How to prioritise patients (primary and secondary survey - babies and children)
- Unresponsive, non-breathing babies and children (CPR)
- Unresponsive, breathing babiesand children (Recovery position)
- Choking babies and children
- Serious and minor cuts/bleeding
- Clinical shock (blood volume loss)
- Seizures (including Epilepsy and Infantile (Febrile) Convulsions)
- Severe allergic reactions (including anaphylaxis)
- Sprains/strains/fractures (including spinal injuries)
- Head injuries
- Foreign bodies in eyes, ears and nose
- Eye inuries
- Low blood sugar/diabetes
- Asthma
- Sickle Cell Anaemia
- Meningitis
- Effects of extremes of heat and cold
- Burns and scalds (including electric shock)
- Poisons, including Bites and Stings
(For comparison purposes - blue text indicates course topics covered that are covered on the full "Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid" course, but are not covered on the "Level 3 Award in Paediatric Emergency First Aid" course)
Course duration
12 hours contact tuition time (minimum) not including breaks (22 guided learning hours), typically over 2 days.
Certification
Certificates of competence will be issued following successful completion of this course by the students. Assessment of the students skills will be by continuous assessment by the trainer/assessor followed on each day by a multiple choice assessment set by Qualsafe Awards as our awarding organisation.
Certificates are valid for 3 years, with the strong recommendation that the qualified person undergoes an annual refresher course of at least three hours.
Please note that in order to be awarded a certificate of competence in this course, students must be able to demonstrate that they are able to perform the relevant skills - it remains the employers responsibility to ensure that students sent on this course are physically and mentally fit enough to be able to perform the skills that may be required of them during their duties.
Re-Qualification
Students may re-qualify their Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid qualification by attending another 2 day Paediatric First Aid course during the period of validity of their certificate.
Further details on this course, and alternative dates may be found on the course webpage, at www.RescueSkills.co.uk
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