Paediatric First Aid Course in Bracknell

You end the day with a room of staff who can hold a limp infant, deliver five rescue breaths, clear a blocked airway and control a bleeding wound, plus a certificate in the folder Ofsted asks to see.

Aim2Aid Ltd is registered at 70 Fountain Gardens, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 3SX, company number 16319053, owned by Rebecca Sullivan, whose in-house trainers also deliver our emergency first aid at work services Bracknell without ever outsourcing a session.

Call Rebecca on 07771 680794 for a free quote and a date that fits your ratios.

What Paediatric First Aid Covers

Yes, there is a paediatric first aid course, and it is the qualification early years staff in Bracknell need for registration purposes. The syllabus covers infant and child life support, unresponsive casualty management and the illness and injury topics an early years setting actually meets.

The practical content is delivered in a set sequence so each skill builds on the last. Delegates work through primary survey, then airway management, then compressions, then the specific conditions.

• Infant CPR: five initial rescue breaths, then 30 compressions to two breaths, compressions using two fingers to roughly one third of chest depth.
• Child CPR: one hand or two depending on the size of the casualty, same 30:2 ratio, at 100 to 120 compressions per minute.
• Choking: back blows and chest thrusts for an infant, back blows and abdominal thrusts for a child over one year.
• Recovery position: adapted for an infant, held in the carer's arms with the head lower than the body.
• Catastrophic bleeding: direct pressure, wound packing and tourniquet awareness. Life-threatening bleed control is now trained on every course we run.
• Medical conditions: anaphylaxis and auto-injector use, asthma, febrile convulsions, meningitis recognition, diabetic emergencies, burns, scalds, head injuries, fractures and electric shock.

Those specifics matter because a nursery room or a childminder's front room does not present the neat scenarios a textbook does, and the response for a six month old is not the response for a six year old.

Certification and Validity

The certificate is valid for three years from the date of the course, and it is recognised by the HSE, Ofsted and the Department for Education. Our first aid courses are accredited by FAIB. Our mental health courses are accredited by FAA, and we keep the two bodies distinct because the awarding arrangements are not interchangeable.

Assessment is continuous and practical. Instructors observe each delegate performing CPR on an infant and a junior manikin, managing a choking sequence and placing a casualty in the recovery position, alongside short written or verbal questioning on illness recognition. There is no surprise examination at the end of the day.

Whether you need a paediatric first aid course in Bracknell or emergency first aid for schools in Bracknell, we cover the whole area. Renewal is worth diarising at the 30 month point so no member of staff drops below the required ratio while a course is being arranged.

Course Formats and Duration

Training is delivered at your own premises, anywhere in Bracknell and across Berkshire and surrounding areas, so your team is not travelling and your ratios are easier to protect.

• Full paediatric first aid: 12 hours, usually two days, the format expected for the majority of early years registration requirements.
• Emergency paediatric first aid: 6 hours, one day, covering life support and immediate emergency response.
• Blended delivery: the theory is completed online in your own time and the practical assessment is delivered at your venue, which shortens the time your room is short-staffed while keeping the full 12 hour or 6 hour content and the same 3-year certificate.
• Related workplace option: Emergency First Aid at Work runs as one day, about six hours, up to 12 delegates, with a 3-year certificate, and paediatric content is included at no extra cost.

The delegate cap keeps manikin contact time high, which is the part of the day that decides whether a skill is retained.

EYFS, Ofsted and Childcare Compliance in Bracknell

The Early Years Foundation Stage framework requires paediatric first aid trained staff on site and on outings, and Ofsted checks certificates at inspection. The HSE also sets out that first aid training should be matched to the risks a setting actually carries, which for childcare means infant and child protocols rather than adult-only content.

Bracknell settings sit in a young building stock: Bracknell Forest has roughly 70.5% of homes built post-1964, and around 18,000 homes were built between 1949 and 1982. Practically, that means nursery rooms in converted 1950s and 1957 to 58 housing in Bullbrook, Great Hollands, Harmans Water and Wildridings, plus childminders working from newer estates such as Jennett's Park and Crown Wood, and settings near Lily Hill Park and South Hill Park that run regular outdoor sessions. We plan the practical space around what your building gives us.

Aim2Aid Ltd is registered at 70 Fountain Gardens, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 3SX, company number 16319053. Rebecca Sullivan owns the business and leads an in-house training team, so the instructor who arrives is one of ours and never an outsourced contractor. Between them the trainers hold over 50 years of combined experience, and Rebecca can talk you through our paediatric first aid course services and which format matches your staffing pattern. Our reviews widget carries feedback from settings and businesses across the county.

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