First Aid Training for Schools
Course Duration: 4 hours
This course covers emergency situations that could happen in a school environment and is therefore ideal for teachers, and any other ancillary school staff. It is very useful for all the staff in a school to have some first aid knowledge and skills, so that they can respond quickly to a classroom or playground emergency, or be able to support the fully trained first aiders. Most schools will already have qualified First Aiders (who have attended the 3-day First Aid at Work course). These staff may also benefit from this course, because many standard first aid at work training courses do not include resuscitation procedures for children.
The course is 4 hours long; Helen has tried to make sure it can be done in either a morning or an afternoon and can therefore be fitted in to a staff training day. This makes it quite a concentrated, full session, but the following topics are covered:
- Child resuscitation
- Caring for an unconscious child
- Dealing with cuts and scrapes, and more serious wounds and bleeding
- Caring for a child with a suspected fracture, dislocation or sprain
- Head, neck and spinal injuries
- Recognition of the sick child – including anaphylaxis, asthma, and meningitis.
All staff will receive a paediatric first aid book and a certificate, which is valid for 3 years.
Cost: £225 per session, for a group of up to 12 staff.
If you have a larger group, and if extra trainers are needed, there would be a supplemental cost. Please feel free to discuss this with Helen. Also, if you have specific needs or would like a certain topic covered, please just ask Helen and she will include that in the training