Emergency First Response
Care for Children Course
The Emergency First Response
Care for Children course is an
innovative CPR, AED and First
Aid training course that teaches
participants how to provide
emergency care for injured or
ill children (ages one to eight)
and infants less than one year
old. Participants learn about
the types of medical emergencies
that children face, and how they
differ from adult conditions.
The curriculum also includes the
importance of attending to basic
emergency situations with
children, the emotional aspects
of caring for children,
secondary care for children, and
preventing common injuries and
illnesses in children.
Emergency First Response Care
for Children course trains the
lay rescuer to follow the same
priorities of care used by
medical professionals. The
student masters the priorities
and the procedures of patient
care for infants and children in
a non-stressful learning
environment, which reduces the
performance anxieties that
interfere with learning and
enhances confidence when
rendering aid in a real medical
emergency.
The course includes both primary
care (CPR) and secondary care
(first aid) skills. The primary
care portion of the course
prepares the rescuer to render
aid to an infant or child with a
life-threatening emergency such
as choking or cardiac arrest.
Secondary care focuses on
developing secondary patient
care skills and building the
rescuer's confidence to render
first aid to an infant or child
in need when emergency medical
services are either delayed or
unavailable. The Care for
Children course content is based
on guidelines from the
Paediatric Working Group of
ILCOR, the International Liaison
Committee on Resuscitation.
The EFR Care for Children Course
can be delivered as a 12 hour
programme which meets the
First Aid Certification
requirement for Registered
Childminders and other child
care professionals. Please
contact us to discuss your
requirements.
Care for Children Primary
Care Course Content:
- Scene Safety Assessment
- Universal
Precautions-Communicable
Disease Protection & Barrier
Use
- Primary Assessment
- Obstructed Airway
Management (child and
infant)
- Rescue Breathing (child
and infant)
- Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation (child and
infant)
- Automated External
Defibrillator (AED) use
- Serious Bleeding & Shock
Management
- Spinal Injury
Management.
Care for Children Secondary
Care Course Content:
- Injury Assessment
- Bandaging
- Illness Assessment.
