Safety first - be prepared!


Regardless of whether you're a parent, a grandparent, a carer or someone who works with children, you’ll know how important it is to have basic first aid skills.


No matter how much you keep an eye on babies and small children, they still seem to manage to hurt themselves at times, don’t they? When a baby starts to crawl, for example, they can quite easily fall, bump their head on furniture or other objects around them. Most of the time any injury will be minor and they may not even


cry, but sometimes a bump on the head can be more serious. Would you know what to do if your baby – or a baby in your care -


sustained such an injury? Or, what about if a baby developed a very high temperature or a fever? If a baby has a fever or high temperature, then it can be very


worrying. Fever can, of course, be common in babies and most will recover without any problems. You may notice they are hot with flushed skin but may become cold to the touch, with pale skin. If baby's temperature is high it could be a fever, or underlying


infection and may trigger a febrile convulsion. You must seek advice quickly. Again, would you know what to do? There’s no doubt that learning first aid will give you confidence to


save a life when it really counts. At St John Ambulance (NI), we provide comprehensive paediatric


first aid training for parents and anyone else, who may be involved with child care. Our training covers everything from knowing how to put a child or infant in the recovery position if they are unresponsive but breathing, to giving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if they’re not. In May, we will be running a two-day course which focuses on


Course running on 11 and 18 May 2017


emergency scenarios that those looking after young children and infants may encounter. This includes day nurseries, private nursery schools, pre-schools, before and after-school clubs for children in the early years’ age group, childminders, parents and carers at home. The course content includes a wide range of issues, including


allergic reaction, bleeding, burns, head injury, use of an auto injector, low blood sugar, meningitis and spinal injury. On successful completion of training candidates will receive a St


John Ambulance (NI) certificate of competence, which is valid for three years. This Paediatric First Aid course meets the Health & Social Care


Trusts’ required Minimum Standards for Childminding and Day Care for Children under the age of twelve. For more information or to register for the course, email training@sjanifirstaid.org


or email training@sjanifirstaid.org NICC103839


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