Paediatric First Aid Courses:

We recommend the following courses which are suitable for nannies, childminders, teachers & nursery workers:

  • One day (6 hour) Paediatric First Aid practical course to register as a nanny or child carer on the voluntary childcare register - £96

  • Full 12 hour Paediatric First Aid qualification which complies with Ofsted and the Early Years Foundation Scheme requirements - £120

With the 12 hour course you undertake 6 hours pre-learning as e-learning through the online courses, at a time and place that suits you, and follow this with the 6 hours practical course at the training centre is Balham, London.

Course Content (Covering Full 12 hour Paediatric First Aid - Ofsted Syllabus for Child Carers)

Priorities of treatment and consent to treat

Recovery position

CPR: baby, child and adult

AED - automated external defibrillator

Choking

Drowning

Coffee break (refreshments provided)

Major & minor bleeds

Amputation, embedded objects, splinters, eye injury

Objects in nose, ears & eyes, knocked out teeth

Animal bites & stings

Burns & electric shock

Anaphylactic shock & allergy reaction

Poisoning

Head & spinal injuries

Fainting

Breaks, sprains and dislocations

Lunch

Asthma, croup & hyperventilation

Febrile convulsions & epilepsy

Heat stroke, heat exhaustion & hypothermia

Meningitis & sepsis

Diabetes

Contents of a first aid kit

Accident forms

Final review & assessment

To book your course please click here. Choose your date and the course and use the code ‘nanny’ to get a discounted price for Elisa’s London Nannies.

The above courses comply with all the very latest resuscitation council guidelines and have been written by first aid experts. The online courses are fully compatible with all computers and mobile devices and you can stop and start as often as you like.

They consist of videos, step by step directions, info-graphics and diagrams with test yourself sections as you go. There is a multiple-choice test at the end and on successful completion, you can print your certificates yourself.

On the practical course, you will receive a full course manual and a Paediatric First Aid certificate valid for 3 years. All the courses are held in Balham in purpose-built training room which is 5 minutes from the mainline and Northern line tube and easily accessible (10 minutes by train) from Clapham Junction, London Victoria and Waterloo.

To find the next available dates for the courses please go here.

Courses are arranged for a small group of individuals and run from 9.30 - 4.30