Description
This course trains students on how to respond to and manage illnesses and injuries in a child or infant in the first few minutes after an emergency, until professional help arrives. Students will learn first aid basics, including how to handle medical, injury, poison and environmental emergencies; allergic reactions; breathing problems and dehydration; diabetes and low blood sugar; heat- and cold-related emergencies; drowning; amputations; bites and stings; and broken bones and sprains. This course also covers splinters; nose bleeds; fainting; seizures; and injuries to the head, eyes, neck, spine, mouth and teeth. Students will learn CPR and AED use for choking, CPR and AED use for children and infants, and child and infant choking prevention. This course is designed for anyone involved in childcare who has a duty to respond to illnesses and injuries that may occur in children or infants in the first few minutes after an emergency, until professional help arrives. This course is ideal for childcare workers, teachers, camp counselors, babysitters and nannies.
