Forest Schools 16 Hour First Aid Level 3 (VTQ)
Course Content
- Introduction to Paediatric First Aid
- What are common injuries within a nursery?
- Paediatric first aid provision
- Paediatric Accident Reporting and Record Keeping
- Paediatric reporting and consent
- Fears of First Aid
- Asking permission and consent to help
- Calling the Emergency Services
- What3Words - location app
- Alternative emergency phone numbers
- Waiting for the E.M.S to arrive
- Scene Safety
- Chain of Survival
- DRcABCDE approach
- Differences in Child Size
- Planning for paediatric emergencies
- Using gloves
- Face shields and children
- Initial Assessment and Recovery Position - Paediatric
- Infant Recovery Position
- Paediatric First Aid Kits
- First Aid and Infection Control
- Cardiac Arrest and CPR
- Paediatric CPR Introduction
- RCUK & ERC Resus Guidelines
- When to call for assistance
- Resuscitation of children
- How a 999 call is handled by the EMS - CPR Scenario
- Child CPR
- CPR Hand Over
- Compressions Only CPR
- Adolescent CPR
- Infant CPR
- Drowning prevention
- Drowning
- AED Introduction
- Using an AED on an adolescent
- Child AED
- Update on AED pad placement
- Using an AED on an infant
- Heart Attack and Stroke
- Cardiac Arrest and Heart Conditions
- Adult CPR Introduction
- Heart Attack Position
- Aspirin and the Aspod
- Respiration and Breathing
- Pulse Points
- Three Steps to Save a Life (2025)
- Adult CPR
- CPR and the female casualty
- Effective CPR
- Improving breaths
- Improving compressions
- Seizures and Cardiac Arrest
- Bra Off Defib On
- Near and secondary drowning
- Using an AED - brief overview and demonstration
- Real time CPR scenario
- Choking Management
- Bleeding Control
- Secondary Care Ongoing Assessments for Injury and Illness
- Secondary Care Introduction
- Strains and Sprains and the RICE procedure
- Spinal Injury
- Stabilising the spine
- Opening the airway Jaw Thrust
- Spinal Recovery Position
- Eye Injuries
- Abdominal Injuries
- Bites and stings
- About Anaphylaxis
- What is Anaphylaxis
- Minor allergic reactions
- Common causes of allergic reactions
- What is an Auto-Injector?
- Signs and Symptoms of Anaphylaxis
- Anaphylaxis patient position
- Adrenaline nasal spray for anaphylaxis
- Giving a second dose
- Burns and burn kits
- Treating a burn
- Heat emergencies
- Shock
- Cold emergencies
- Dealing with Fainting
- Electrical Injuries
- Hyperventilation
- Foreign objects in the eye, ears or nose
- Splinters
- Injury and Illness in Children
- Childhood Illnesses and Accidents
- Illness Assessment for Children and SAMPLE
- Paediatric triage - behaviour breathing and body colour BBB
- What is Asthma
- The Respiratory System
- How Asthma Affects the Respiratory System
- Asthma Signs and Symptoms
- Severe Asthma
- The Brown Inhaler
- The Blue Inhaler
- Asthma Spacers
- When an Asthma inhaler is not available
- What to do in an Asthma Emergency
- Diabetes overview
- What is Diabetes?
- Why is Glucose So Important?
- How is Glucose Stored in the Body?
- Hyperglycaemia
- Hypoglycaemia
- Type 1 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Diabetic Complications
- Testing Blood Sugar
- Testing Blood Sugar - Live
- Fractures
- Types of fracture
- Splints
- Dislocated Shoulders and Joints
- Blister Care
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy treatment
- Types of head injury and consciousness
- Poisons and Food Poisoning
- Household Cleaning Products Poisoning and first aid
- Meningitis
- Sickle Cell
- Febrile convulsions
- Croup
- Strep A Infections in Children
- Sepsis in Infants and Children
- Summary
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We are now going to look at the paediatric first aid kit. Now there are guidelines laid down in exactly what a nursery or childcare setting should have in their first aid kit, and this type of kit meets those requirements. To start with, this one is in a plastic case but you can have them in soft pouches as well. It does not really matter what the actual physical case is. And this one is a case you can just leave somewhere or it has got a wall bracket built into the back of it, so you can come to the screws and fix them to the wall. Others have a little hook that goes on the top that hooks up at the top here, but they are pretty much all the same. They usually on the back have some kind of instructions to what is actually in the unit. So it is quite important to look at that because you can double check exactly what should be in the kit and make sure that it has nothing missing. And this is just one brand because there is lots of different brands, and we sell I think about three different types of brands of these kits, plus personalised kits as well. So if you want your nursery's details on the front, we do those as well. So the first thing you come across is the first aid guide. These will be different on different kits, but they all have basically the same information in them. This is just a quick guide to first aid so hopefully with training, you won't need to refer to it but if you do, then there is some information there. What we do now is just look through the components in here. Now again, this is one brand and one type of packaging. So different kits will have slightly different packaging. It might be paper or it might be plastic, or there is lots of things like that, but the basic components are going to be very very similar. To start with, we have got standard dressings. These are what they call the HSE dressings. We have the medium and the large. And these dressings are the types of dressings we show on the courses where you have got the gauze pads sewn into the bandage. So when you are checking first aid kits, you need to look at the kit and then also there will be an expiry date on there as well. So you need to make sure that everything in the kit is in date. Now, if you have something that is not in date, you can still use it. It is just the the maximum date is the date where the manufacturer will guarantee that there's no problem with the packaging and the product inside will stay sterile. So yes, you need to if they are expired, you must get them changed but if you had to use something you can do. So the dates will go against anything that is sterile in the kit. Other... In the kit itself has got a few different types of dressings. We have got some large bands, this has got small ones in there as well. We also have some Micropore tape. This has got a narrow one. Other kits have a slightly wider Micropore tape. So this can be for securing bandages in place. There is lots of different uses you can use with that that we will talk about on the courses. There is some plasters. These ones here are particular child plaster, but any plaster will do. And there is a pack of plasters in there, you just open it up and all the plasters are inside. There is a finger bandage. This is a finger applicator. So you have got a tubular gauze inside, so you could put a gauze pad on a finger. You can push this over the outside of the applicator, put it on, take it off, twist it half a turn and put it back on again. And that's an easy way of applying a finger bandage to a child or an adult. There is also a CPR shield. Again, these come in various shapes depending on the kit, and either they are going to have a little plastic valve on them or they will have a clear paper, but they both work in the same way. It is used for doing breast when doing CPR. And these pads here are just some dressing pads. So what you can do with these is if there is a cut to a finger, you can apply the the pad over the finger and then you could use this tubular gauze to hold it in place. And you could always then secure it with the Micropore tape or you could just put this pad over a wound and then just secure it with the Micropore tape straight on. There is another alternative to putting a plaster on. There is eye pads, and these are flat packed ones but other eye pads you get are rolled up very similar to this type of dressing, and they are just a simple pad for the bandage to hold the bandage over the eyes should anything happen to the eyes. There is some cleaning wipes, and these are for just cleaning off the surface. So this is just a wet wipe foil wrapped. So you just tear it, take the wipe out, and then you can clean up the site. There is then some gloves, and these are Nitrile gloves but sometimes these kits do have a vinyl glove in them. But the Nitrile gloves they are typically a lot of these are often done as a large size glove because if you are having a first aid kit, a large size glove will fit on most people's hands. But if you put a medium size glove in there, if you've got big hands, it is just not gonna fit. So a large will always fit something smaller, but a small won't fit anything larger. So it is always worth having the larger size gloves. There is also some swabs, and then we have got triangular bandages. And these triangular bandages are in paper wrap but you get these also in plastic wrap as well. Typically, these are not sterile but sometimes you do have them and they are like this one, but other times they are not, they are just in a mortem packet. But if you are doing having something like a standard triangular bandage, there is not really a need to have it touching directly on the wound. But I say these ones are a sterile version. Through quite a few of those because you can use these for padding because these are sterile as well. You can use them for padding around the wound, and lots of other applications. And if you had to put an arm in a sling, and then also tie around to secure for a shoulder problem, then you have got enough items there. The other thing here is just some scissors. These are standard scissors that are reasonably blunt-ended but others have a very blunt or they have a more of a shear-type action to them so they are very easy to cut clothing things, but basic scissors are in there and also a little packet of safety pins. These are limited use now within first aid, but if you are doing triangular bandages some people prefer to secure the triangular bandage with a safety pin or there is other uses you can use with those. And the final thing inside this particular box are the screws that fit it to the wall. But other kits would have an angle bracket and screws inside the kit. So it is worth it when you get your new kit, find out how it is going to be fixed to the wall so that you can check what equipment is there, get it mounted up where everybody can see it. So just to recap, make sure you have got the items you need. If there is any special risk or high risk that you need to do where you are working, you need extra bits and pieces, make sure you got enough first aid kits, and maybe even have one on every floor if that is the case. And also go through the first aid kit. Keep records of all the dates of when stuff is needed, then go through it routinely and make sure that everything is in date and ready to use.
First Aid Kits: Essential Contents and Guidelines
Overview of First Aid Kits
In this video, we explore the essential contents of first aid kits, crucial for handling emergency situations effectively.
Contents of a First Aid Kit
- Gloves: All first aid kits include vinyl or nitrile gloves, avoiding latex due to allergy concerns. Gloves are typically sealed for hygiene.
- Face Shield: Used for rescue breaths to protect against infection, featuring a valve for safe breathing.
- Plasters: Essential for minor injuries, available in various sizes. Maintain cleanliness and avoid contaminating the box.
- Gauze Pad and Micropore Tape: Used for larger wounds to cover and secure them in place.
- Tubular Bandages: Ideal for finger injuries, applied easily with an applicator and secured with micropore tape.
- Eye Pads: Used to cover eyes; take care as it can be unsettling for children.
- Pressure Dressings: For serious bleeding, ensure they are sterile and within expiry date.
- Moist Wipes: Used to clean small cuts or grazes.
- Triangular Bandages and Safety Pins: Used for slings or immobilisation; safety pins secure bandages.
- Saline Solution: Used to clean wounds or mop up blood.
- Blunt-Ended Scissors: Used to cut dressings safely.
Storage and Safety Guidelines
First aid kits should be:
- Accessible to first aiders but out of children's reach.
- Kept dry and in a dust-free environment.
- Stored in a clearly labelled, humidity-controlled area.
- Accompanied by a first aid guide and student manual for reference.
Ensure all staff and parents are aware of the kit's location and contents.
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