First Aid for Parents & Carers

Workshop description

This workshop is designed for expecting parents, parents, grandparents and other caregivers. It provides participants with the knowledge and skills to carry out emergency first aid for life threatening injuries and illnesses involving infants and young children.

Workshop duration

A non-accredited workshop:

• Face to face workshop (6 hour delivery)
  

Workshop content: 

This includes but is not limited to the following topics:

• Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (infant and child) and includes the use of an Automated External Defibrillator for a child 

• Backyard pool drowning/dangers of shallow water blackout (SWB)

• Choking

• Control of Bleeding, Management of Shock

• Febrile Seizures

• Asthma First Aid

• Allergic Reaction and Anaphylaxis Awareness

• Burns

• Poisoning 

• Diabetes

• Bites & Stings

• Content of Bringing Home Baby

   
  

Elements of this workshop can be tailored to suit your needs, for example, you may wish to replace ‘Diabetes’ with 'Fractures'

Communicating with the Emergency Services. Stress management techniques and available support following an emergency situation, including the psychological impact on children. Infant, child basic anatomy and physiology and the consequences for provision of first aid.

Should you wish for a half day session we recommend;

Bringing Home Baby

Prerequisites

Minimum age for participants is 14 years. There are no prerequisites and no pre-course study required for this workshop.

Materials provided

A FREE CPR keyring resuscitation face mask. The use of quality, hygienic adult, junior & infant manikins, bandages, training props and defibrillators. The use of auto-injector trainers, the use of training reliever medication (bronchodilators) with small & large volume spacers & masks. Up to date first aid material, PowerPoint presentation, DVDs.