6-Hour or 12-Hour Paediatric First Aid?

What the six-hour and twelve-hour Paediatric courses cover.

Adult and baby CPR training manikins beside two certificate folders

Emergency Paediatric First Aid covers core baby and child emergencies in six hours.

Full Paediatric First Aid adds training in a wider range of injuries and illnesses across twelve hours of learning.

Both teach CPR, how to help a choking baby or child, and how to use an EpiPen. Choose the certificate required for your role.

For designated early years cover and childminding, the full qualification is the usual choice. Parents and some other roles may find emergency training suitable.

What Both Courses Cover

You practise baby and child CPR, helping someone who is choking and responding when a baby or child is unresponsive. Training also covers bleeding, burns and allergic reactions, including EpiPen practice.

Trainer demonstrations followed by your own practice.
Hands-on practice with CPR manikins, defibrillators, choking jackets, EpiPen trainers and more.
Asking for help, assessing the situation and caring for the casualty.

What the Full Course Adds

The full course includes a wider range of injuries and illnesses, such as:

Head, neck and back injuries, fractures, and other bone, muscle and joint injuries.
Asthma, seizures, low blood sugar and poisoning.
Recognising serious childhood illness, including meningitis and sepsis.
Eye, ear and nose injuries, bites and stings, and extremes of heat and cold.

The additional topics prepare you to help children with a wider range of injuries and illnesses, as well as immediate emergencies.

Course Length and Certificate Validity

Emergency Paediatric First Aid is a six-hour practical course. Full Paediatric First Aid (PFA) combines six hours online with six hours in person, so both courses have one practical day, but the full course also has online learning.

Both certificates last three years after full completion and assessment. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) guide explains full PFA cover, staff requirements and outings.

Places on public courses are useful for one person. We can also customise private training to your nursery, school or team while covering the qualification’s required content.

Sources: Department for Education: current EYFS frameworks; Resuscitation Council UK: 2025 First Aid guidelines

Choose Your Paediatric Course

Choose the Paediatric qualification your role needs, then book a place on a public course or arrange training at your setting.

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