Safety Skills - Course title:
Paediatric occupational First Aid FETAC level 5
Course description
The module is designed to provide the learner with the knowledge, practical skills and understanding required to provide and coordinate first aid in the workplace in compliance with the requirements of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General application) Regulations 2007 and the associated Guide to these regulations. In addition to our normal occupational first aid course this course will cover essential care to infants, children and adolescents as outlined by the American Association of Paediatrics; however this is very similar to our ordinary occupational first aid course.
Duration
3 Days
Programme objectives
Candidates who successfully complete this module will:
- Understand the responsibilities of the occupational first aider be able to provide treatment for the purpose of preserving life or minimising the consequences of injury until discharge or the arrival of medical assistance.
- Be able to provide treatment in the workplace for an injury which does not require the attention of a medical practitioner or nurse
- Be capable of coordinating first aid arrangements in the workplace
- Be familiar with health and safety legislation on first aid provision in the workplace
Outline training plan
The specific educational outcomes are grouped into 8 units.
- First aid in the workplace
- Patient assessment
- Respiratory emergencies
- Cardiac first response
- Wounds and bleeding
- Altered levels of consciousness
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- Burns and scalds, chemicals, electric shock
Training approach
The course involves lectures (utilising verbal, practical, PowerPoint and video presentations), classroom question and answers sessions and practical classroom sessions utilising first aid equipment and sample first aid scenarios.
Assessment and certification
Assessment is based on the participation of attendees in practical demonstration of CPR skills, AED usage and two first aid skills selected from the course content as well as a written question paper. Upon successful completion of the assessment a temporary certificate is issued to the student and they are then registered with FETAC who will then issue a permanent certificate and the American Association of Paediatrics certificate.
