Baby First Aid course (in-person) December

First Aid for Life is an Award Winning fully regulated First Aid Training provider, their trainers are highly experienced medical and emergency services professionals who will tailor the training to your needs. It can be scary being responsible for the well-being of a new baby; this course is designed to reassure you and equip you with skills to calmly assess the situation and give the right first aid when an accident happens. This course is extremely practical and you will have ample mannequins at the ready to enable loads of hands-on experience.

This course will be adapted to the needs of those attending, but as a guide we usually cover:

Action in an emergency

Priorities if your baby or child appears to be unconscious

How to establish if they are breathing

Understanding the best time to phone an ambulance

Practical sessions on the recovery position and resuscitation (CPR)

How to put a baby and child into the recovery position

Choking

Drowning

First Aid kits

Bleeding and Shock

Burns and Scalds

Poisoning

Head injuries

Febrile convulsions and fitting

Meningitis and Septicaemia

Practical info for the day: This is a 3 hour course, please bring your own refreshments, and attend in comfortable clothing so you can move freely during hands on practice. Non mobile babies are welcome to attend, but looking after them during the course might prevent you from participating fully, so please make sure you have considered your own and your babies needs before making this decision.

Do you have other questions? Please email Borie at coordinator.clapham@nct.org.uk