First Aid Skills for Children and Young People
School children in state education will be required to learn basic first aid skills as part of their curriculum from September 2020. Primary school children will learn about how to ask for help from the emergency services and how to respond to a head injury. Secondary school children will learn more advanced first aid skills including CPR and about defibrillators. We will be delivering specially designed sessions for young people from January 2020. The desired outcome of these courses is that,
‘Pupils can support their own and others’ health and wellbeing, including basic First Aid.’
Riverside Cares first aid training is designed to meet the needs of pupils learning life-saving skills and is mapped to National Curriculum requirements as set out by the Department of Education.
Our Trainers
Riverside Cares has developed a number of different sessions to help you meet the requirements all our trainers are experienced qualified first aid instructors and the team is led by Jill Wheatcroft MSc, BSc Community Children’s Nursing, RSCN, Post Grad Dip Academic Practice, First Aid Instructor, A1 Assessor who has extensive experience as a Paediatric Nursing Sister and Lecturer in Child Health at City University.
Session Options:
All session will meet the requirements of the Department of Education.
Basic First Aid and CPR for Young People 2 Hour Session
(designed for 12 years – 19 years)
An introduction to basic First Aid skills and CPR which meets the Department of Education requirements.
Course Content
- Dealing with emergencies including communication with casualties and calling for help
- Carrying out a primary survey
- Use of the recovery position
- Resuscitation (CPR) Adult
- Resuscitation (CPR) Baby and Child
- Use of an Automated External Defibrillator
Price £250 per group of up to 15 students. We can teach two groups simultaneously or one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
Emergency First Aid and CPR for Young People 3 Hour Session
(designed for 12 years -19 years)
Teaches students how to treat basic injuries and learning life-saving skills including CPR and how to use a defibrillator (AED).
Course Content:
- Dealing with emergencies including communication with casualties and calling for help
- Carrying out a primary survey
- Using the recovery position
- Resuscitation (CPR) Adult
- Resuscitation (CPR) Baby and Child
- Use of Automated External Defibrillator
- Controlling bleeding and treating for shock
Price £300 per group of up to 15 students. We can teach two groups simultaneously or one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
First Aid Skills for Young People – Full day session 6 hours
(designed for 12 years -19 years)
Teaches students how to carry out first aid including how to respond to illnesses and how to treat injuries. Life-saving skills will be taught including CPR and how to use a defibrillator (AED).
Course contents:
- Dealing with emergencies including communication with casualties and calling for help
- Carrying out a primary survey
- Using the recovery position
- Recognising and treating heart attacks
- Resuscitation (CPR) Adult
- Resuscitation (CPR) Baby and Child
- Use of an Automated External Defibrillator
- Controlling bleeding and treating for shock
- Recognition and treatment for choking
- Bone, joint and muscle injuries
- Recognition and treatment of convulsions and asthma
Price £400 per group of up to 15 students. This is a full-day, 6-hour session.
QNUK Level 3 Award in Emergency First Aid at work (RQF)
(for 14 years plus)
Learning a skill and gaining an accredited qualification is an added bonus for all school leavers or those entering further education. Students attaining towards this qualification will be able to use it in a professional capacity from the age of 16, for example, employers can hire a person with this Level 3 award in order to meet their Health and Safety (First Aid) requirements in low-risk environments. The benefit of undertaking this course for 14 and 15-year-olds is that it allows them to gain confidence and understand how to react if they find themselves in an emergency situation with friends and family.
Course details click this link
Introduction to Basic First Aid Skills for Children 2 Hour Session
(designed for 7 years – 11 years)
An interactive session including games which introduces children to basic first aid and how to deal with an emergency.
Course contents
- Dealing with an emergency, casualty communicating and calling emergency services
- Carrying out a primary survey
- Using the recover position
- Looking after a casualty with a head injuries
- Dealing with minor bleeding
Price £250 per group of up to 15 students. We can teach two groups simultaneously or one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
Emergency First Aid Skills for Children – Half day 3 Hours
(designed for 7 years – 11 years)
A deeper dive into how to deal with emergencies using scenarios and games.
Course contents:
- Casualty communicating and calling emergency services
- Carrying out a primary survey
- Using the recover position
- Looking after a casualty with a head injuries
- Dealing with minor bleeding
- Recognising and controlling severe bleeding and treatment for shock
£300 per group of up to 15 students. We can do two groups at a time or one in the morning and one in the afternoon
First Aid Skills for Children – Full-day Session*
(designed for 7 years -11 years)
Teaches children how to carry out first aid including how to respond to illnesses and how to treat injuries using different games, scenarios and activities.
Course contents:
- Dealing with an emergency, casualty communicating and calling emergency services
- Carrying out a primary survey
- Using the recover position
- CPR awareness
- Looking after a casualty with a head injuries
- Dealing with minor bleeding
- How to look after a casualty with severe bleeding and treatment for shock
- How to recognise and treat an asthma attack
- Dealing with a choking casualty
- How to recognise and treat a casualty having a convulsion
Price £400 per group of up to 15 students. This is a full-day session *this can be taught as two part-day. sessions
Bespoke session
We can also design and teach a bespoke session for you just tell us which topics you would like.
