Online Paediatric First Aid Annual Refresher (VTQ) Certification

Refresh your knowledge of Paediatric First Aid to make sure your skills are refined and on point.

CPD Certified Provider of Training Excellence Online Training Approved by Skills for Care

Paediatric First Aid Annual Refresher (VTQ) at a Glance

  • 1-year nationally recognised certificate
  • 2 hours and 35 minutes of engaging video training
  • Video access for 8 months
  • Printable wall certificate
  • Certified CPD time credit conformation
  • Follows latest UK Resuscitation and ERC guidelines
  • SCORM Ready! Integrates with your LMS
  • Includes manual & other downloads
  • Free weekly video refresher
  • Evidence Based Training certificate
  • Videos include subtitles
  • Course manual available in the following languages: English, Spanish, Polish and Arabic
£24.95 + VAT
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We have designed this course for those who have the 2-day Paediatric course whether our blended version or the full classroom course who require an annual update to refresh their skills.  Keeping your skills fresh is important with any type of first aid, particularly with Paediatric first aid.

This course includes the latest CPR and Coronavirus recommendations.

All our first aid courses fully meet the latest UK and European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021 as per the HSE requirements.

The course can be taken as a half day classroom course with one of our approved instructors as a video online course.

Occupations That Use This Course

  • Childminders
  • Au pairs
  • Parents
  • Carers
  • Nursery workers
  • Social workers

Sample Online Certificate

Sample Classroom Certificate

CPD Certified Provider of Training Excellence CPD Certified - 3.0 hrs (4.0 class)

This course comes with 3.0 hrs (4.0 class) of CPD, although the time to complete the course online may be less than this. Total course time includes 2 hours and 35 minutes of video training as well as knowledge reviews, final test, remedial help and reviewing downloaded material.

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.

Course Curriculum

  • Initial Introduction to Paediatric First Aid
    • Fears of First Aid
    • Asking permission to help
    • Calling the EMS
    • Waiting for the EMS to arrive
    • Scene Safety
    • Chain of Survival
    • Drab and the ABCD's
    • Differences in Child Size
    • Initial Assessment and the Recovery Position
    • Infant recovery Position
  • Cardiac Arrest and CPR
    • Introduction to Paediatric and Adult CPR
    • Older Child and Adult CPR
    • CPR Handover
    • Compressions only CPR
    • Drowning
    • AED Introduction
    • Child CPR
    • Child CPR Breakdown
    • Infant CPR
  • Choking Management
    • Adult Choking
    • Child Choking
    • Infant Choking
  • Bleeding Control
    • Types of Bleeding
    • Serious Bleeding
    • Embedded Object
    • Child Bleeding Control
    • Nose Bleeds
    • Plasters
    • Other Types of Injury
    • Foreign Objects
    • Minor Injuries
  • Secondary Care for Injury and Illness
    • Shock
    • Allergic Reactions and Anaphylaxis
    • Spinal Injury
    • treating a Burn
    • Electrical Injuries
    • Pediatric Seizures
    • Febrile Convulsions 
    • Fractures
    • Asthma
    • Sickle Cell
    • Heat Emergencies
    • Cold Emergencies

Downloads Available with Course

  • ProTrainings - COVID-19 Update on CPR from the UK Resus Council
  • Student Manual (V8.7) - Paediatric First Aid
  • AED infographic will guide you through the steps
  • Adult CPR Flowchart
  • Adult CPR Flowchart handout/poster
  • Asthma UK - Astma Plan for Children
  • Asthma UK weblink
  • Asthma spacer user instructions - GlaxoSmithKline Aerochamber Plus
  • Catastrophic bleeding and trauma First Aid Guidance From ProTrainings
  • Child CPR Flowchart
  • Child CPR Flowchart handout/poster
  • Child and Infant CPR Flowchart Handout
  • Childcare Accident Book
  • Clean hand techniques leaflet
  • Consent for permitting the administration of medication in the absence of parent V1.0
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) link to the NHS website
  • Dutch - Student manual
  • Emerade - Package leaflet: Information for the user
  • EpiPen Guide
  • EpiPen instruction leaflet
  • EpiPen patient information sheet
  • Epilepsy in Action Leaflet (register on www.epilepsy.org.uk)
  • Example of an accident report form for Paediatric courses - student handout or they can download from their dashboard
  • Find a classroom course locally
  • Find out what other courses are available as video online, blended and classroom courses nationally on our course finder
  • First Aid and Social Distancing poster
  • First Aid at Work Regulations 1981 HSE document
  • Free student first aid program leaflet
  • French - First Aid Plus student manual
  • HeartSine 350 Information Leaflet
  • Heartsine 350 AED unit
  • Home Emergency Contact Sheet
  • How to register to call EMS by text
  • How to use Celox Haemstatic gauze
  • Infant CPR Flowchart
  • Infant CPR Flowchart handout/poster
  • Italian - Student manual
  • Jext Product Data Sheets
  • Jext patient Information Sheet
  • Lifepac CR2 AED Data Sheet
  • Link to our Concussion ad Brain injury course in association with Headway, a head injury charity
  • Link to the HSE website
  • Meningitis Now website with many leaflets and resources link
  • NHS Choices Web link
  • Oxygen User Instructions - Gas rentals are available from ProTrainings, contact us for more information
  • Oxygen and Analgesic gases from ProTrainings
  • Personal Medical Information Sheet
  • Polish - Student manual
  • ProTrainings - Using an AED Leaflet
  • ProTrainings Defibrillator eGuide
  • Regulated - COVID 19 Pre-Screen Student Evaluation Form
  • Sign up for free Student First Aid - use code SCH-376-61-571
  • Spanish - Student manual
  • Student Manual (V7.0) - First Aid - Arabic
  • Student Manual (V7.0) - First Aid - Spanish
  • Student Manual (V8.3) - Pierwsza Pomoc w Pracy Ksiazka studenta - Polish
  • Student Manual (V8.6) - Anatomy and Physiology Human Body
  • Student Manual (V8.6) - First Aid - Welsh
  • Student Manual V8.6 - First Aid - Dutch
  • Student Manual V8.6 - First Aid - Portuguese
  • Student manual V8.6 - First Aid - French
  • Student manual V8.6 - First Aid - Ukrainian
  • Student manual V8.6 - First Aid Manual Italian
  • Ukrainian - Student manual
  • Visit the First Aid Show free for first aid and medical videos
  • Web link to the Joint Epilepsy Council website - JEC
  • Workplace Emergency Contact Sheet
  • Woundclot - haemostatic gauze for all types of bleeding
  • Zoll AED Plus user guide

What People are Saying

“Very good clear understanding of first aid thanks”

- Amanda, childminder from LONDONDERRY

“this course was full of well explained information and instructions to follow. ”

- Amy, childminder