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Basic Life Support for Paediatrics – BLS03

Our basic life support for paediatrics course is aimed at those who have a professional or organisational responsibility to regularly update basic life support skills for infants and children.

“Amanda was really knowledgeable and helpful. She entertained all of my questions without making me feel silly which was really good (First Aid Infants and Children for Carers at Home). The skills I have learned today will be invaluable to my family and I can hopefully help more people who need it.”

HO, South Gloucestershire Council
January 2024

Why do our customers choose us?

This course can be taught as a standalone session and compliments other first aid training that staff might have received.  Many organisations book this and similar training as part of as commitment to teach first aid to a wider staff team, such as those with children.

Our courses are delivered by knowledgeable and enthusiastic trainers all of whom hold adult teaching qualifications supported by professional qualifications.

They have gained their hands-on basic life support experience from a variety of different backgrounds over many years including nursing, armed forces, emergency services, hospitality, Voluntary Aid Societies, as well as other industry sectors before becoming qualified instructors.

This session can be combined with other resuscitation related courses such as Oxygen Administration and / or Suction training.

Teaching 18,000 delegates a year Acorn Health & Safety offer training to individuals, groups and entire staff teams we are committed to providing excellent training delivered in a relaxed, yet informative style.

How do we approach basic life support for paediatrics training?

Our course programme employs a variety of teaching techniques to meet the needs of individual delegates and includes the following in relation to children and infants:

  • Recognising a casualty in a critical condition
  • The unconscious casualty
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • Management of a choking casualty
  • Use of pocket masks and face shields
  • Safety considerations
  • AED (Automated External Defibrillator) Pad positioning
  • Practical use of AED 
  • Combining AED use with CPR

Owing to the practical nature of this course a basic level of general fitness is required.  Delegates must be physically able to carry out the procedures detailed in the course outline. Should you have any questions relating to the accessibility of this course please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

This course is of 2 1/2 hours duration.

What should you expect from Acorn Health & Safety?

We’ll provide delegates with a variety of printed course materials including workbooks and handouts.  On successful completion of this course delegates will receive a printed course certificate.

Post course our team of consultants and trainers are available to answer any questions you might have.  You’ll also receive an automatic reminder prior to course expiry.

Our ‘basic life support for paediatrics’ course is just one of over 60 courses we offer.  Acorn Health & Safety provides training and consultancy in first aid, fire safety, food safety, manual handling, healthcare training and health and safety.

We can provide a wide variety of accredited or tailor-made courses, these can be ‘in-house’ or ‘open’ programmes.

Our ‘in-house’ course programmes are the most cost effective option if you’ve a number of staff requiring training, and in many cases can be adapted to include reference to local policy, practice and documentation.  These courses can be delivered either at any suitable venue or you can hire our purpose-built training centre located in Warmley, Bristol, whichever is best suited to your needs.

We also run a rolling programme of ‘open courses’ which are particularly suited for individuals, organisations that only have a few delegates or those looking to release small groups of staff at a time.

Please contact us to discuss all of your training needs so we can advise the most suitable and cost effective solution.

For other courses, relevant to your industry or sector please see our industry information page, alternatively we have found that people attending this course also attend:

Not every course can be 'off the shelf'.

Our tailored health and safety training is aimed at meeting the needs of customers who have specific subjects to be covered within their health and safety staff training.

Find out more

Call our team on 0117 958 2070 or if it’s out of hours or you prefer e-mail – info@acornsafety.co.uk

Open Course Diary

Aimed at businesses and individuals requiring specific training or those with only a few members of staff to train our open courses run regularly throughout the year and cover a variety of different subjects.

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