Fife Council's Community Use Schools offer a number of approved Paediatric First Aid courses throughout the year. Suitable for adults who work with or parents/adults responsible for the care of young children, this 6 hour training course will teach basic first aid principles.

Topics covered include:

Module 1 - Introduction - the First Aider
Module 2 - What is First Aid?
Module 3 - First Aid in the workplace
Module 4 - Responsibilities of the appointed person
Module 5 - Primary assessment
Module 6 - Principles of resuscitation
Module 7 - Secondary assessment
Module 8 - Disorders of respiration & breathing disorders
Module 9 - The recognition & treatment of head injury
Module 10 - The control of bleeding & treatment for shock
Module 11 - Bones, joints & muscle injuries
Module 12 - Burns
Module 13 - Poisons
Module 14 - Bites & stings
Module 15 - Childhood conditions

This course costs £50.00 and has been approved for Individual Learning Account (ILA) funding. Through Skills Development Scotland, you may be eligible to apply for an Individual Learning Account giving you up to £200 to spend on learning or training. ILAs are for people who are 16 or over and living in Scotland. You must have an income of £22,000 a year or less, or be on benefits to be eligible.
If you are not in education, do not have a degree or above and are not taking part in a National Training Programme (Modern Apprenticeship, Get Ready for Work or Training for Work) you can apply for an ILA. For more information or to request an application pack, please visit www.ilascotland.org.uk or call the helpline on 0808 100 1090.

To book a place at our Paediatric First Aid courses, please contact the appropriate community use school.