EFR Care for Children

Pediatric CPR, AED & First Aid Training

The Emergency First Response Care for Children course is an innovative CPR, AED and First Aid training course that teaches participants how to provide emergency first aid for children (ages one to eight) and infants less than one year old. Participants learn about the types of medical emergencies that children face, and how they differ from adult conditions when delivering first-aid. The curriculum also includes the importance of attending to basic emergency situations with children, the emotional aspects of caring for children, secondary care for children, and preventing common injuries and illnesses in children.

Emergency First Response Care for Children first aid course trains the lay rescuer to follow the same priorities of care used by medical professionals. The student masters the priorities and the procedures of first aid patient care for infants and children in a non-stressful learning environment, which reduces the performance anxieties that interfere with learning and enhances confidence when faced with having to use their first aid training in a real medical emergency.

Syllabus

The course includes both primary care (CPR) and secondary care (first aid) skills.

The primary care portion of the course prepares the rescuer to render first aid to an infant or child with a life-threatening emergency such as choking or cardiac arrest. Secondary care focuses on developing secondary patient care skills and building the rescuer's confidence to render first aid to an infant or child in need when emergency medical services are either delayed or unavailable. The Care for Children course content is based on guidelines from the Paediatric Working Group of ILCOR.

Care for Children Primary Care Course Content:

• Scene Safety Assessment Universal Precautions-Communicable Disease Protection & Barrier Use
• Primary Assessment Obstructed Airway Management (child and infant) Rescue Breathing (child and infant)
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (child and infant)
• Automated External Defibrillator (AED) use
• Serious Bleeding
• Shock Management
• Spinal Injury Management

Care for Children Secondary Care Course Content:

• Injury Assessment
• Bandaging
• Illness Assessment

Course Structure

The course is usually run over two consecutive days of approximately 8 hours each or, alternatively, over four evening lectures of 4 hours each. For group bookings the course structure can be tailored to suit your requirements.

Prerequisites

The course is open to anyone over the age of 14.
It is recommended that students also consider participating in an EFR Primary & Secondary Care first aid course for treating adult patients.

Textbooks and Tests

Participants receive the latest, updated EFR Textbook - arguably the best first aid course text book available! Practical tests are conducted throughout the duration of the course and a final written exam completes student assessment.

Validity and Re-certification

On successful completion students receive an internationally accepted EFR Responder Identification Card - credit card size - which is valid for a period of two years. After the two years students can renew their first aid training qualification by attending an EFR Refresher course without having to re-do the entire course.