Dates
- 2024:
- 6 and 7 June, 9:15am to 4:30pm
- 23 August, 9:15am to 4:30pm
- 23 and 24 October, 9:15am to 12:30pm
- 2025:
- 15 and 16 January, 9:15am to 12:30pm
Course details
- Venue: Coed Pella, Colwyn Bay
- Trainer: Pauline Salisbury
- Targeted services: Community Wellbeing, Disability Team, Family Support & Intervention, Children Looked After, Youth Justice Service, Foster Carers, Glan yr Afon
- Target group: Foster Carers, Glan Yr Afon staff, Sessional & Contact Workers, Social Workers and Support staff working with children and Young people
Course aims and objectives
The course comprises of practical work and theoretical classroom work, as well as ongoing practical assessments on CPR and first aid.
A range of subjects are covered including:
- Understanding the role of the paediatric first aider
- How to provide first aid for an infant and a child who is unresponsive and not breathing normally
- How to provide first aid to an infant and a child who is suffering from shock
- How to assess an emergency situation and act safely and effectively
- How to provide first aid for an infant and a child who has a foreign body airway obstruction
- How to provide first aid for an infant and a child who is unresponsive and breathing normally
- How to provide first aid to an infant and a child who is wounded and bleeding
- How to provide first aid to an infant and a child with a suspected fracture and a dislocation
- How to provide first aid to an infant and a child with a chronic medical condition or sudden illness
- How to provide first aid to an infant and a child with burns or scalds
- How to provide first aid to an infant and a child with a head, a neck and a back injury
- How to provide first aid to an infant and a child who is experiencing the effects of extreme heat and cold
- How to provide first aid to an infant and a child who has been poisoned
- How to provide first aid to an infant and a child with conditions affecting the eyes, ears and nose
- How to provide first aid to an infant and a child who has sustained an electric shock
- How to provide first aid to an infant and a child who has been bitten or stung
For further information, or if you have booked a place on the course and have not received notification to attend please contact the Workforce Development & Learning Administrative Team. Please do not turn up to any course unless you have received notification of your place as the event may be fully booked.