This course is suitable for people aged 16+ who need to be qualified in first aid as they care for babies and children in a professional setting, including:

• Au pairs
• Nannies
• Childminders
• Nursery and pre-school workers
• Sport and leisure staff
• Crèche leaders

This course covers how to help a baby or child who:

• Unresponsive and breathing
• Unresponsive and not breathing, including the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED)
• Choking
• Bleeding
• Burnt or has a scald
• Object in their eye, ear or nose
• Hypothermia or heat exhaustion
• Sickness or a fever

This course also covers what to do if someone is having a medical emergency, including:

• Meningitis
• Diabetic emergency
• Seizures
• Asthma attack
• Severe allergic reaction (anaphylactic shock)
• Injury to a bone muscle or joint (including spinal injuries)
• Head injury
• Swallowed something harmful.

This course includes basic adult first aid skills on accident reporting and administering medication for those working in a childcare setting.

The two day course runs from 9.30am until 4.30pm each day, with a lunch break between the morning and afternoon sessions.

Delivered in a classroom setting, this course offers a practical, hands-on approach that delivers the skills and confidence to use first aid skills in a real life situation.

For added reassurance, each learner is assessed throughout the course using a range of practical demonstrations, question and answer sessions, quizzes and engaging activities, such as roleplay, designed to coach and support them as they develop. 

To ensure you get the most effective learning experience, learners must be physically able to participate and we limit group size to 12 people.

If you’re a newly qualified level two or three early years child carer, our emergency paediatric first aid course may be more suitable.