This course includes a number of practical scenarios set outside allowing delegates the opportunity to practice first aid in a different environment as well as gaining their paediatric first aid qualification.
Trainers employ a wide range of teaching techniques to meet the needs of individual delegates attending courses, including scenario based exercises in the outdoor setting.
The 16 hour outdoor paediatric first aid training is aimed at those working with children in an outdoor setting or who are working towards their forest school leader award.
Planning for, and dealing with, first aid emergencies in the outdoor environment
Unconsciousness and resuscitation of babies and children
Choking
Minor cuts, bites, stings, bleeding and shock
Anaphylactic shock
Broken bones and sprains
Head, neck and back injuries
Burns and scalds
Poisoning
Burns
Effects of extreme heat and cold including febrile convulsions
Contamination and injury to the eyes and foreign objects in the ears and nose
Other medical conditions including epilepsy, asthma, diabetes and meningitis