Pediatric
First Aid Course
3 hours could save your child’s life!
FirstMed’s focused, 3-hour course is designed to give you knowledge of basic first aid skills and to arm you with the tools you need to be prepared for any emergency that can happen with an infant or a child.
Each session is open to a maximum of 5 participants.
Registrations are open, save your spot!
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Laurent Lebreuilly
Qualified Nurse
First Aid Trainer
4 years experience in an emergency room, 10+ years as an educator with young children
14 years experience
Who is this
course for?
This training is ideal for:
- parents, expectant parents, grandparents and other family members.
- child or infant caregivers: teachers, daycare workers, or nannies and babysitters.
- those who want to learn pediatric first aid as a life skill.
We also offer specialized, on-site class customized to company needs, e.g. for summer camps, schools, or cruise ships, amusement parks, and more)! If you are interested, please contact us.
What will you learn in this course?
This course taught in English provides practical, hands-on training on the fundamentals of first aid for children and infants. We’ll show you what to do if your child is choking, how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on infants, children and adults, and how to manage seizures, accidents and injuries, burns and other types of medical emergencies.
The course will cover:
- How to respond to a first aid emergency involving a baby or a child.
- How to help a baby or child who is unresponsive and breathing;
- What to do if your child has swallowed something harmful;
- How to recognize and manage early stages of the most common childhood diseases, injuries, and illnesses.
The training covers more than just serious injuries and life-threatening events. There are plenty of things that can happen to babies and children that might be frightening for parents but aren’t necessarily serious enough to merit an ambulance ride. You also will learn how to manage these types of events.
Course Schedule
After registration, attendees are required to get tested for Covid-19. The price of the test is included in the course fee. Home tests will not be accepted. In case your Covid antigen test result is positive, you can reschedule your registration for a later date.
This introduction session will cover the fundamentals of pediatric first aid, its importance and the role of the aider.
During this portion of the training, you will go over the theoretical knowledge of first aid and, to back up the knowledge, you will do some practical exercises. These include:
- What to do with an unconscious casualty and a choking infant or child;
- How to recognize respiratory and/or cardiac failure;
- The sequence of life support for children and infants:
- The SAFE approach to a collapsed child;
- The primary survey of an infant or child — the ABC rule: Airway, Breathing, Circulation;
- The recovery position in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on infants, children and adults.
There will be 15-min coffee break after the first session.
Treating injuries:
- Animal bites and scratches;
- Wounds and bleeding from minor wounds or large cuts or laceration;
- Broken bones, sprains and strains;
- Burns and scalds, chemical burns and electrical injuries.
Treating illnesses and conditions:
- Dehydration, diarrhea and vomiting;
- Fluid replacement for infants and children;
- Fever – guidelines for treating a feverish child.
At the end of the course, there will be a Q&A discussion session to answer any questions you may have.
Course Details
Session Dates
Every second Tuesday of each month in 2023
April 11 - Fully Booked
May 9
If there isn't a suitable date for you, contact us - we may schedule additional sessions due to high interest.
Language
English
The course will be held in English, with French explanation upon request.
Place
FirstMed Budapest
1015 Budapest, District I., Hattyú utca 14, Hattyúház, 5th floor
Our clinic is located in the center of Buda, close to Széll Kálmán tér and the Mammut shopping center. The clinic is easily accessible by car, tram, or metro.
Price
HUF 15,000/person
The price includes a COVID antigen test taken before the course.
COVID safety measures: For safety reasons, before you enter the course, you will be required to have a negative Covid-19 antigen test. We will take the test after arrival, therefore please arrive at 8:15 a.m. We do NOT accept home tests.
In case your antigen test result is positive, you cannot attend the course. You can reschedule your registration to a later date.
Registration: Places are limited to 5 participants per class. You can either pay for your spot today or we’ll send you a link to our webshop a week before the class so that you can make a payment to join the class. We accept cancellations before noon the Friday before the class. Only paid spaces are fully reserved!
Certificate and booklet: Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive a certificate.
You can also take home a Children’s First Aid Booklet in English (and Hungarian). The booklet includes helpful advice about babies’ and children’s first aid, as well as an extensive summary of what you’ve learned during the course.
Should you have any questions or need further information, don’t hesitate to contact us.
Contact Us to Register!
2023 Pediatric First Aid - Registration
To sign up please fill in the form below. Only online payment prior to the class is a guarantee of your place!
About the Instructor
The course will be held by Laurent Lebreuilly, Qualified Nurse.
Laurent worked as an educator with young children for more than ten years prior to beginning his nursing career in 2018. He graduated from Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris and then worked in an Emergency Room in one of the biggest French hospitals in the Paris area. He has been a FirstMed team member since April 2022. Laurent is a native French speaker and is also fluent in English.
Don't take our word for it.
Hear what our attendees say.
“I was glad to take the pediatric first aid course. The instructor was great and made the training interesting and memorable. The small number of participants made it possible for the trainer to pay attention to everyone's needs and progress. The course helped me learn a lot about handling babies, what happens in case of an emergency, and how to prepare for such an event.”
Theo James
“I enjoyed FirstMed's first aid course a lot. Being a nanny, I can use what we learned in practice while taking care of babies and small children. The location was great, and I loved that it was in central Budapest with good transportation accessibility. The instructor made sure we understood all of the material we were learning. It was very important that we could try in practice, how to do resuscitation on dolls. I also learned what to do if a child swallowed something - which happens every now and then with a small child. We also learned in practice what to do with common injuries, cuts, and wounds.”
Emilia Munro
“My wife and I were expecting our first child, and we wanted to make sure we were prepared for any potential emergencies. That's why we decided to take FirstMed's pediatric first aid training course. The trainer was friendly and professional and kept us interested throughout the three-hour session. We learned how to correctly perform CPR on a doll, as well as what to do if our child swallowed something or got hurt while playing outside. The instructor also gave us tips on how to prevent minor injuries in the future.”
Branden Griffiths
