Description
Do you know that:
- Almost 2 in 1,000 people admitted to hospital will have a cardiac arrest
- Half of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests are witnessed by a bystander
- Immediate CPR can quadruple survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
- Defibrillation within 3–5 minutes of collapse can produce survival rates up to 50–70%
- Each minute of delay reduces the probability of survival to hospital discharge by 10%.
Focused on the specific needs of infants and children, this course provides clinical and non clinical participants with the knowledge and skills to manage a paediatric emergency and/or cardiac arrest.
Along with theory, hands-on rehearsal – including the use of a defibrillator – will equip participants with the confidence to use their skills to start basic life support. They will also explore the need for empathy at a time of huge stress for all concerned.
Mapped to Core Skills Training Framework (Level 2).
Add-ons
This session is commonly commissioned with Adult Basic Life Support to become Combined Adult & Paediatric Basic Life Support.
We can also add a range of custom sessions depending on a client’s needs.
What you will learn
- Chain of survival
- Recognising and responding to clinical deterioration
- Recognition of cardiac arrest
- Summoning emergency assistance
- Artificial ventilation
- Starting and maintaining effective chest compressions
- Recognition and management of unconsciousness
- Use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) in paediatrics
- Recognition and management of infant and child choking
- Roles and responsibilities (including legislation) in an emergency
- Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation decisions.
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