Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Statutory Framework requires all early years providers in England to have at least one person who has a current and full paediatric first aid certificate on the premises and available at all times when children are present. Providers should also take into account the number of children, staff and layout of the premises and increase their paediatric first aid provision accordingly to ensure that a paediatric first aider is available to respond to emergencies quickly.

Intended Audience

The QA Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid (RQF) has been specifically designed to meet the criteria set by the Department for Education’s EYFS Framework and is ideal for:

• Those who have gained a level 2 and/or level 3 childcare qualification and have entered into an early years setting and wish to be included in the staff to child ratios to comply with EYFS requirements.
• Registered childminders and assistants who are required to hold a current and full paediatric first aid certificate in order to comply with the EYFS requirements.
• Anyone who has a non-professional involvement with infants and children, such as parents, grandparents and want to learn key paediatric first aid skills.

Newly qualified entrants to an early years setting who have completed a level 2 and/or level 3 qualification on or after 30th June 2016, must also have either a full paediatric first aid or an emergency paediatric first aid certificate within three months of starting work

Course Overview

Over a 2 day period, Learners will develop the skills and knowledge needed to deal with a range of paediatric first aid situations, including:

• Assessing an emergency situation,
• Planning for first aid emergencies
• Resuscitation
• Allergies and Anaphylactic shock and use of an EPI pen
• Minor bleeding including, bruises, grazes and removal of splinters
• Serious bleeding and shock
• Burns, scalds and electric shock
• Choking
• Suspected fractures
• Head, neck and back injuries
• Poisoning
• Foreign bodies in eyes, ears and noses
• Eye injuries
• Bites and stings
• Effects of extreme heat and cold
• Febrile convulsions, Epilepsy, Asthma, Sickle cell, Diabetes, Meningitis

Certificate overview

This Lever 3 Certificate is valid for 3 years and is nationally recognised. The HSE, OFSTED and EYFS recommend an annual refresher course of 3 hours is completed and on year 3 completion of the initial 2 day course will be required to maintain the qualification.