Emergency Paediatric First Aid (EPFA)

The Emergency Paediatric First Aid (EPFA) course focuses on the life threatening emergencies you are most likely to face when caring for babies and children. It combines short classroom sessions with plenty of hands on practice, so you leave confident as well as qualified.

If you work in an early years setting and need to be counted in staff to child ratios under the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), you will usually need the full two day Paediatric First Aid course instead. If you are not sure which one you need, get in touch and we will help.

What You’ll Learn

• The role and responsibilities of a paediatric first aider
• Assessing an emergency situation safely
• Performing CPR and using an AED on infants and children
• Managing unresponsive casualties and the recovery position
• Dealing with choking in infants and children
• Managing seizures
• Controlling external bleeding and managing shock
• Dealing with minor injuries such as cuts, grazes and bruises