Paediatric First Aid for Montessori Schools

• Childminders
• Teachers
• Nursery workers
• Au Pairs
• Nannies
• School nurse

This course comes with 12.0 hours of CPD, although the time to complete the course online may be less than this.

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.

Course Aims and Learning Outcomes:

Unit 1: Emergency Paediatric First Aid

1. Understand the role and responsibilities of the paediatric first aider 

• 1.1 Identify the role and responsibilities of a paediatric first aider 
• 1.2 Identify how to minimise the risk of infection to self and others 
• 1.3 Differentiate between an infant and a child for the purposes of first aid 

2. Be able to assess an emergency situation safely

• 2.1 Conduct a scene survey 
• 2.2 Conduct a primary survey on an infant and a child 
• 2.3 Summon appropriate assistance when necessary 

3. Be able to provide first aid for an infant and a child who are unresponsive

• 3.1 Identify when to administer Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) 
• 3.2 Demonstrate CPR using an infant and a child manikin 
• 3.3 Justify when to place an infant or a child into the recovery position 
• 3.4 Demonstrate how to place an infant and a child into the recovery position 
• 3.5 Demonstrate continual monitoring of breathing for and infant and a child whilst they are in the recovery position 
• 3.6 Identify how to administer first aid to an infant or a child who is experiencing a seizure 

4. Be able to provide first aid for an infant and a child who are choking

• 4.1 Identify when choking is: Mild or Severe 
• 4.2 Demonstrate how to administer first aid to an infant and a child who is choking 

5. Be able to provide first aid to an infant or a child with external bleeding

• 5.1 Identify the severity of external bleeding for an infant and a child 
• 5.2 Demonstrate how to administer first aid to an infant or a child with external bleeding 

6. Know how to provide first aid to an infant or a child who is suffering from shock

• 6.1 Recognise when an infant or a child is suffering from shock 
• 6.2 Identify how to administer first aid to an infant or a child who is suffering from shock 

7. Know how to provide first aid to an infant or a child with bites, stings and minor injuries

• 7.1 Identify how to administer first aid for: • Bites • Stings • Small cuts • Grazes • Bumps and bruises • Small splinters • Nosebleeds 

Unit 2: Managing paediatric illness, injuries and emergencies

1. Be able to administer first aid to an infant or a child with suspected injuries to bones, muscles and joints

• 1.1 Recognise a suspected: Fracture or dislocation and Strain or Sprain
• 1.2 Identify how to administer first aid for an infant or a child with a suspected: Fracture or dislocation and Strain or Sprain
• 1.3 Demonstrate how to apply a support sling and an elevated sling

2. Be able to provide first aid to an infant or a child with suspected head and spinal injuries

• 2.1 Recognise a suspected: Head Injury and Spinal Injury
• 2.2 Identify how to administer first aid for an infant or a child with a suspected head injury
• 2.3 Demonstrate how to administer first aid for an infant or a child with a suspected spinal injury

3. Know how to provide first aid to an infant or a child with conditions affecting the eyes, ears and nose

• 3.1 Identify how to administer first aid for an infant or child with a foreign body in the: Eye, Ear and Nose
• 3.2 Identify how to administer first aid for an infant or a child with an eye injury

4. Know how to provide first aid to an infant or a child with an acute medical condition or sudden illness.

• 4.1 Recognise suspected: • Diabetic emergencies • Asthma attack • Allergic reaction • Meningitis • Febrile convulsions
• 4.2 Identify how to administer first aid for an infant or a child who is suspected to be suffering from • Diabetic emergency • Asthma attack • Allergic reaction • Meningitis • Febrile convulsions.

5. Know how to provide first aid to an infant and a child who is experiencing extremes of body temperature.

• 5.1 Recognise when an infant or a child is suffering from extreme cold and extreme heat
• 5.2 Identify how to administer first aid for an infant or child who is suffering from: extreme cold • extreme heat

6. Know how to provide first aid to an infant or a child who has sustained an electric shock

• 6.1 Identify how to safely manage an incident involving electricity
• 6.2 Identify how to administer first aid for an infant or child who has suffered an electric shock

7. Know how to administer first aid to an infant or a child with burns or scalds

• 7.1 Identify how to recognise the severity of burns and scalds
• 7.2 Identify how to administer first aid for an infant or a child with burns and scalds

8. Know how to administer first aid to an infant or a child with suspected poisoning

• 8.1 Identify how poisonous substances can enter the body
• 8.2 Identify how to administer first aid for an infant or child with sudden poisoning

9. Be able to provide first aid to an infant or child with anaphylaxis

• 9.1 Recognise suspected anaphylaxis in an infant or a child
• 9.2 Identify how to administer first aid for an infant or a child with suspected anaphylaxis
• 9.3 Demonstrate the use of a training device adrenaline auto-injector.

• ProTrainings - COVID-19 Update on CPR from the UK Resus Council
• Student Manual (V8.7) - Paediatric First Aid
• AED infographic will guide you through the steps
• Adult CPR Flowchart
• Adult CPR Flowchart handout/poster
• Asthma UK weblink
• Asthma spacer user instructions - GlaxoSmithKline Aerochamber Plus
• Catastrophic bleeding and trauma First Aid Guidance From ProTrainings
• Child CPR Flowchart
• Child CPR Flowchart handout/poster
• Child and Infant CPR Flowchart Handout
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) link to the NHS website
• Dutch - Student manual
• Emerade - Package leaflet: Information for the user
• Example of an accident report form for Paediatric courses - student handout or they can download from their dashboard
• Find a classroom course locally
• Find out what other courses are available as video online, blended and classroom courses nationally on our course finder
• First Aid and Social Distancing poster
• First Aid at Work Regulations 1981 HSE document
• Free student first aid program leaflet
• French - First Aid Plus student manual
• HeartSine 350 Information Leaflet
• Heartsine 350 AED unit
• How to register to call EMS by text
• Infant CPR Flowchart
• Infant CPR Flowchart handout/poster
• Italian - Student manual
• Jext Product Data Sheets
• Jext patient Information Sheet
• Link to our Concussion ad Brain injury course in association with Headway, a head injury charity
• Link to the HSE website
• Meningitis Now website with many leaflets and resources link
• NHS Choices Web link
• Oxygen User Instructions - Gas rentals are available from ProTrainings, contact us for more information
• Oxygen and Analgesic gases from ProTrainings
• Polish - Student manual
• ProTrainings - Using an AED Leaflet
• ProTrainings Defibrillator eGuide
• Regulated - COVID 19 Pre-Screen Student Evaluation Form
• Spanish - Student manual
• Student Manual (V7.0) - First Aid - Arabic
• Student Manual (V7.0) - First Aid - Spanish
• Student Manual (V8.3) - Pierwsza Pomoc w Pracy Ksiazka studenta - Polish
• Student Manual (V8.6) - Anatomy and Physiology Human Body
• Student Manual V8.6 - First Aid - Dutch
• Student Manual V8.6 - First Aid - Portuguese
• Student manual V8.6 - First Aid - French
• Student manual V8.6 - First Aid - Ukrainian
• Student manual V8.6 - First Aid Manual Italian
• Ukrainian - Student manual
• Web link to the Joint Epilepsy Council website - JEC
• Woundclot - haemostatic gauze for all types of bleeding
• Zoll AED Plus user guide