PHECC Paediatric First Aid - First Aid Essentials

The First Aid Essentials (FAE) standard is a suite of courses tailored to specific groupings to provide first aid education and skills to target specific areas of interest, within a one-day programme. All courses within the First Aid Essentials programme include a Cardiac First Responder – Community core module.

PHECC Paediatric First Aid Course Content:

• Introduction to First Aid
• Patient Assessment
• Cardiac First Response – Community
• Injury Management
• Common Medical Emergencies

The aim of this PHECC First Aid Essentials Paediatric First Aid Course is to give learners the awareness and skills to assess a life threatening situation and apply life saving skills, specifically for paediatric patients.

The First Aider possesses defined skills in the management of a patient who has become suddenly ill or injured in the pre-hospital environment until the arrival of emergency medical services (EMS).

On successful completion of the course a PHECC First Aid Essentials - Paediatric First Aid certificate will be issued in affiliation with Qualtec.

All certificates will be sent digitally and can be verified online. We can also re-issue a certificate if you can’t locate it.

Certificates will be valid for 2 years.

Paediatric First Aid training should be carried out by people who may require these skills in the home, workplace or community.

This course is specifically designed to meet the needs of those working with and caring for children / infants.