Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid
Details
- Professional instructions
- Comprehensive A5 first aid manual, assessment learner records, pen
- Necessary course paperwork
- Nationally recognised accredited paper & plastic card certificate on successful completion of the course valid for 3 years
- Reminder service 3 months prior to the certificate expiry date
Outline
Learners must achieve two credits from the two mandatory units to be awarded the Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid. The duration of this course is twelve hours and covers the following topics:
Unit 1 – Paediatric Emergency First Aid
- Understand the role of the first aider
- Assess an emergency situation and act safely and effectively
- Provide first aid for an infant and a child who is unresponsive and breathing/not breathing normally
- Foreign body airway obstruction/Choking
- Wounds and bleeds
- Infant and a child who is suffering from shock
Unit 2 – Managing paediatric illness and injury
- Provide first aid to an infant and a child with a suspected fracture and a dislocation
- Head, neck and back injuries
- First aid to an infant and a child with conditions affecting the eyes, ears and nose
- Chronic medical condition or sudden illness
- Infant and a child who is experiencing the effects of extreme heat and cold
- Electric shock
- Burns or scalds
- Infant and a child who has been poisoned
- Infant and a child who has been
- Bites or stings
Assessment method
This qualification is assessed through activities, which are developed by First Aid Safety, internally marked and sampled as part of quality assurance/internal verification procedures.
The assessment methods for this qualification are:-
Practical demonstration
The practical assessment of learners for the qualification is completed throughout the course delivery. This on-going assessment will involve learners demonstrating practical first aid skills across a number of areas.
Oral questioning
Learners will be required to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding by answering a range of questions relating to the assessment criteria with in the learners records given to each learner at the beginning of the course.
All learning outcomes in the unit(s) must be achieved to successfully gain the qualification.
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