First Aid for Children & Babies - a Course for Young Parents

Learn how to perform CPR on children and babies, including safety checks, responsiveness, breathing assessment, and 30 chest compressions followed by 2 rescue breaths, with size-based definitions and practical technique.

Learn to perform CPR on babies with safety, responsiveness checks, breathing assessment, chest compressions, and mouth-to-mouth breaths until help arrives.

Learn to use an automated external defibrillator to treat cardiac arrest, including child and baby pads and following voice prompts. Perform CPR with chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth as needed.

Identify fainting stems from a drop in blood pressure due to anxiety, dehydration, stress, or fear; open the airway by tilting the head back and monitor reflexes, and lift legs.

Learn to recognize choking signs and perform Heimlich on children and adults behind the back with a fist-and-palm technique, tilt forward, call for help, and switch to CPR if needed.

Learn to recognize baby choking signs, prevent incidents, and perform five Gordon taps with the head below the body, check the mouth, and apply CPR or mouth-to-mouth if needed.

Assess fever with accurate temperature checks (oral, armpit, rectal), follow age-based thresholds (38 C/100.4 F to 39.4 C/103 F), and manage safely with lukewarm baths and suitable medicines.

Identify breath holding spells in babies, usually harmless and lasting under a minute. Check for choking, place on a safe surface, reassure, and gently blow on the face to calm.

Identify SIDS risk factors and adopt safe sleep practices—back sleeping, smoke-free environment, firm mattress, room-sharing, and avoidance of blankets or toys—to reduce sudden infant death syndrome.

Recognize hair tourniquets, where a loose hair or thread wraps a baby's finger, toe, or genitals. Prevent by pulling hair up and checking for loose threads during diaper changes.

Understand heat stroke in children and babies, its risks, signs like red skin and confusion, and learn prevention and rapid cooling steps.

Recognize dehydration by signs like thirst, nausea, pale skin, and dizziness. Treat with small, slow sips of water; if needed, seek emergency care for IV fluids and rest in shade.

Explore hypothermia, defined as body temperature below 35 C (95 F), its mild and extreme stages, signs like shivering and pallor, and indirect warming methods to treat babies safely.

Store pills and cleaners out of reach to prevent poisoning; identify signs like nausea or breathing problems, call an ambulance, and avoid giving food or water.

Identify drowning signs like laryngeal spasm, practice prevention, and act with first aid: call for help, throw a float, and perform cpr (30 compressions and rescue breaths) if unconscious.

Learn to recognize rip currents and prevent drownings. If caught, don't fight the current; swim parallel to shore to reach waves, never swim alone, and call for help.

Explain why electricity shocks happen, the risks to children, how to prevent them with socket covers, and how to treat by disconnecting power and performing CPR.

Identify seizures in children, especially febrile episodes, perform first aid: call for help, cushion the head, tilt to the side, time the seizure, monitor recovery, and follow doctor's guidance.

Learn what allergies are, their triggers, and how to distinguish mild from severe reactions. Use antihistamines for mild cases and an EpiPen emergency protocol, plus prevention and caregiver readiness.

Learn to stop bleeding by applying direct pressure on the wound for at least three minutes, avoid chest or abdomen pressure, then bandage with a sterile bandage to prevent infection.

Explore fractures, sprains, and dislocations: recognize swelling, pain, and deformities, and learn improvised splinting, plus when to seek medical evaluation with x-ray.

Learn to identify burn types by skin layers and apply first aid, including cool-water treatment, non-stick bandages, removing jewelry, avoiding popping blisters, and knowing when to seek hospital care.

Identify head injuries and concussion signs, monitor neurological and cognitive symptoms, and seek hospital care if signs appear; for babies, any head impact warrants medical evaluation.

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