Level 3 Paediatric First Aid Course

This qualification is made up of two mandatory units and learners must successfully complete the assessment for both units to achieve the qualification. These are as follows:

• Paediatric Emergency First Aid.
• Managing Paediatric Illness, injuries and Emergencies.

The Paediatric First Aid Course has a minimum guided learning hour’s value of 15 hours, however it has been agreed with the First Aid Awarding Organisation Forum that the qualification has a minimum contact time of 12 hours, over a period of 2 days

The paediatric first aid is assessed in three parts

Practical Observation

The practical assessment of learners for the qualification is completed throughout the course delivery.

Written/Oral Questioning

Learners are required to answer a series of questions ensuring their understanding of the theory content is sufficient to meet the required standard.

Multiple-choice theory assessment

A selected set of multiple-choice questions to confirm leaning

Paediatric First Aid courses are solely focused on infant and child. Under the EYFS infant is defined as 0 to 1 year old and child is defined as 1 to the onset of puberty

Arrange of syllabus is covered including:

Role of a Paediatric First Aider

•  Scene Safety Assessment
• Barrier Use
•  Primary Survey
• Shock (including Anaphylaxis)
• Control of bleeding 
• CPR Adult, Child and Infant
• Bandaging
• Choking Adult, Child and Infant
• Injury Assessment
• Illness Assessment
• Spinal injury
• Meningitis
• Head-to-toe survey
• Dealing with other injuries

All successful learners will be issued with a Level 3 Paediatric First Aid Certificate, along with a wallet-sized plastic card detailing their qualification which is valid for a period of

3 years. Learners are required to be 16 years of age prior to certification.

Our Level 3 Paediatric first aid course (PFA) including defibrillation training – 2-day course from £70 per person.

All our course prices are based on a minimum of 6 and discount is given to larger groups