Paediatric First Aid (RQF) - (2 day or 1 day blended)

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Intended audience

The Qualsafe Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid (RQF) has been specifically designed to meet the criteria set by the Department for Education’s EYFS Framework and is ideal for:

• Those who have gained a level 2 and/or level 3 childcare qualification and have entered into an early years setting and wish to be included in the staff to child ratios to comply with EYFS requirements.

• Registered childminders and assistants who are required to hold a current and full paediatric first aid certificate in order to comply with the EYFS requirements.

• Anyone who has a non-professional involvement with infants and children, such as parents and grandparents who want to learn key paediatric first aid skills.

Newly qualified entrants to an early years setting who have completed a level 2 and/or level 3 qualification on or after 30th June 2016, must also have either a full Paediatric First Aid or an Emergency Paediatric First Aid certificate within three months of starting work.

What is covered in this course

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

• is unresponsive and breathing
• is unresponsive and not breathing, including the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED)
• is choking
• is bleeding
• is burnt or has a scald
• has an object in their eye, ear or nose
• has hypothermia or heat exhaustion
• has sickness or a fever
• 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.

Assessment methods 

• 7 x Practical assessments
• 2 x Theory assessment (Multiple Choice Question Paper).

Certification

Successful learners will receive a personalised Qualsafe Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid (RQF) e-Certificate immediately after their results have been submitted.

This certification is valid for three years. The HSE do strongly recommend annual refresher training to maintain competence although this is not mandatory for the qualification.