Who is this course for?
Staff in schools, children’s homes and care settings whose first-aid responsibilities involve children. Share the ages you support and any role-specific training requirements when enquiring.
What your team will work towards
- Assess an emergency involving a child and recognise when urgent help is needed.
- Practise the paediatric emergency first-aid skills covered by the course.
- Record what happened and communicate clearly when handing over to emergency services.
What the course covers
- The paediatric first aider’s role, emergency planning and infection prevention
- Assessing an emergency and recognising when urgent help is needed
- Unresponsive children, recovery position, CPR and AED awareness
- Choking, bleeding, shock and seizures
- Recognising serious illness and knowing the limits of the first aider’s role
- Recording an incident and handing over to emergency services
How the course works
Learning & delivery
One day of face-to-face learning, including practical assessment. Learn about emergency planning, recognising a casualty’s needs, responding within the first aider’s role and handing over to emergency services.
All PCT courses are delivered face to face.
Assessment & certification
Practical assessment forms part of the course. Successful learners receive a PCT course certificate valid for three years.
- Certificate issued by
- Prime Care Training (PCT)
- PCT renewal interval
- 3 years
- Course length
- 1 day
PCT issues its own course certificates after successful completion and cleared payment. Renewal intervals shown are PCT’s course intervals; your organisation may identify a need for earlier refresher learning. Practical participation is voluntary; observing may affect completion. Read the booking and assessment arrangements.
Plan your booking
Tell us the ages of the children you support, expected learner numbers, location and preferred dates. Include any specific qualification requirement so PCT can confirm the course’s suitability.