Pediatric Education for Pre Hospital Professionals (PEPPS)- City & Guilds Accredited

Course Introduction

Pediatrics’ is an area of pre hospital care that most professionals wish to undertake further training. This course is designed to give professionals additional skills and development in the assessment & treatment of sick children. This is a comprehensive 2 day course. Ideal for Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics, EMT’s, Advanced first aider's etc.

Course Benefits

Students will benefit from the training by:

• Receiving a nationally recognised and accredited qualification by City & Guilds
  
• Delivered by experienced and qualified instructors
  
• Develop confidence in managing pediatric medical & trauma emergencies
  
• Demonstrate continued professional development

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Course Aim

The aim of the course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills to manage pediatric medical & trauma emergencies.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate how to conduct a pediatric assessment
  
• Review a range of theories on how children develop
  
• Demonstrate a range of airway management skills
  
• Demonstrate a range of spinal management skills
  
• Review and discuss the interactions between a child and family
  
• Demonstrate how to manage and treat a child (trauma)
  
• Analyse the effects of child maltreatment
  
• Demonstrate how to manage a child respiratory emergency
  
• State the procedures for emergency childbirth
  
• State how the process of newborn stabilization
  
• Describe how to manage a cardiovascular emergency
  
• Define sudden infant death syndrome

Course Content

• Pediatric Assessment
  
• Child development
  
• Airway Management
  
• Spinal Immobilisation
  
• Child & family interaction
  
• Children with health care needs
  
• Trauma
  
• Child maltreatment
  
• Respiratory emergencies
  
• Emergency childbirth delivery
  
• Newborn stabilisation
  
• Cardiovascular emergencies
  
• Medical emergencies
  
• Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

Assessment

The course is assessed by:

• Multi choice examination
  
• Practical assessments (conducted by independent assessors)

Certificate

Pediatric Education for Pre Hospital Professionals- City & Guilds Accredited

Time Table

Pricing

• £375 per person (inclusive of certification, assessments, tuition and course manual)
  Price excludes vat