Child First Aid for Professionals
This course has been designed for Primary School Teachers and Early Childhood Educators to build confidence in managing child-specific first aid emergencies. This course offers unit standards and meets the requirements of the Ministry of Education.
- Recommended for people who work with children aged 0 - 8, or anyone looking for comprehensive child first aid training
- Meets the minimum qualification for workplace first aiders
- Eligible for NZQA unit standard 6402, 6401
- Please read the full course information and prerequisites before booking
- Upon completion, receive a Child First Aid certificate valid for two years.
First aid courses are non-refundable. Please refer to our training terms & conditions.
If you would like to arrange a private Child First Aid for Professionals course for your team or business, please contact us through our First Aid Training enquiry form.
This 1-day assessed course focuses on child and infant specific first aid only. By the end of this course, you will have the confidence to:
- Provide basic life support, including CPR and defibrillation
- Manage a foreign body airway obstruction
- Manage a life-threatening bleed, including when to use an arterial tournequet
- Manage a child or infant in shock
- Recognise and provide first aid treatment for common trauma and medical conditions.
Unit standard 6402: Provide basic life support, including:
- DRSABCD action plan
- CPR (children, infants)
- Defibrillator (AED) use
- Choking (children, infants)
- Life-threatening bleeding, including when to use an arterial tourniquet
- Shock
Unit standard 6401: Provide first aid, including:
- Health literacy
- Fractures and dislocations
- Burns
- Soft tissue injuries
- Poisoning
- Breathing difficulties - asthma, croup, bronchiolitis
- Diabetic emergencies
- Seizure
- Chest pain
- Stroke
- Severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis)
Attendees must be:
- 14 years or older
- Able to kneel on the floor to do CPR for a minimum of two minutes
- Able to complete assessments in English (practical, written and verbal assessments are used in this course)
Please be aware that we cannot accommodate infants or children on the course.
First aid courses are non-refundable - please refer to our Ts & Cs for more details
