ITC - Level 3 Award in Emergency Paediatric First Aid course syllabus.

Category: First-Aid

Level: Beginner

This qualification is designed for workers caring for children in the absence of their parents.

This qualification indicates an individual can undertake the role of first aider in a position that has responsibility of caring for infants and children. It may also have been identified as necessary by a workplace risk assessment.

The qualification will benefit all who spend time in the early years environment and with pre-puberty children.

This qualification indicates an individual can undertake the role of Paediatric First Aider in a role that has responsibility for the welfare of infants and children. The award has been designed to fulfil the need for effective paediatric first aid training set out in The Early Years Foundation Stage Guidance. It may also have been identified as necessary by a workplace risk assessment.

The qualification will benefit all who work in the early years environment and with pre-puberty children.

Topics include;

planning for and dealing with first aid emergencies involving babies and children Including,

CPR

shock

anaphylactic shock

bleeding

choking

seizures.

An end of course evaluation form is to be completed by each learner and the data collected used to inform Centre quality procedures. The results of this evaluation review are to be available for scrutiny by ITC External Quality Assurance procedures.