I know that you already know about first aid courses like emergency first aid training for adults in the workplace and also paediatric first aid training for those that look after young children and babies. There is even a more advanced first aid at work course that last 3 days.

If you are booking first aid training for staff working in nurseries and primary schools it is a no-brainer to book the paediatric course and likewise if you are booking training for staff working in an adult environment you simply book either the 1 day emergency first aid training or the more advanced 3 day course for higher risk workplaces.

But what if you work in an environment where you are looking after older children that are considered ‘adults’ for the purpose of first aid.

“For the purposes of first aid any person who has started puberty is treated as an adult”

What this means in practice is that a child who has started puberty would receive the adult sequence for CPR instead of the child sequence.

 If you work in an educational establishment where you look after older children, you may find that the courses shown above don’t fit all you first aid training needs.

Do you go for a paediatric course which coves childhood illnesses and injuries but is really geared for babies and younger children, or do you go for an emergency first aid training course which will cover the CPR sequence you need (see above diagram) but is geared towards giving first aid to adults.

There is another option, some companies offer a course that might be called something like first aid for schools

This type of course is a hybrid of paediatric and adult first aid and can quite nicely bridge the gap between the two traditional types of course.

It covers the most common childhood illnesses and injuries but also more ‘adult’ related first aid as well. Obviously, one of the biggest benefits of this type of hybrid course is that staff can also use this first aid training to render first aid to other members of staff.