Annual Certificate in Paediatric First Aid Awareness (2023-2024)

This course has been assured by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) qualifications

All schools have a legal responsibility and duty of care towards protecting their pupils, including relevant first aid provision. It is essential that all school staff have an awareness of how to provide first aid for children in case of an emergency and have the confidence to be able to react if children need urgent medical care. 

Developed by Samantha Kendall, a highly qualified first aider and emergency medical technician, this online paediatric first aid training course provides you with the knowledge and awareness of different paediatric first aid techniques and how to manage different paediatric first aid scenarios.

Please note: This training course consists of learning through video, task completion and further reading/research. Please consider this when planning and allocating your time. To successfully understand and achieve the objectives of the course, learners are expected to engage in all aspects of the learning process to ensure they can successfully apply the knowledge and skills they have gained in their own setting. 

Designed in line with the following policies: 

• First aid in schools, DfE 
• The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981

Important note for non-UK learners: Although this paedeatric first aid training course for schools reflects best practice principles and might be useful for learners outside the UK, please note that it is based solely on UK guidance and legislation. Please make sure you also adhere to relevant legislation applicable in your own country.