A brand new regulated first aid qualification for students aged 11+ THE ANNOUNCEMENT The Government has announced that health education will become compulsory in all state-funded schools in England from September 2020 and this includes basic first aid training. The new 3-hour Level 2 Award in Student First Aid has been designed for key stage 3 and key stage 4 students (11+ years) and fulfils...
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Nuco Training is delighted to announce the launch of a brand new initiative: First Aid and Defibrillation for Children This is a very basic introduction to First Aid and Defibrillation for all children and aimed at children between the ages of 8 and 11, but it can suit children of any age. The course is kept at a basic level with no use of confusing...
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New nursery and pre-school staff will be required to undertake paediatric first aid for the first time, thanks to new government proposals. The plans have received the support of parents Joanne and Dan Thompson, who have been campaigning for the change following the tragic death of their daughter, Millie, at nursery in October 2012. Their important campaign culminated in an e-petition signed by over 103,000...
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From the 1st October 2014 schools are now able to hold Salbutamol Inhalers for emergencies. Approximately 20 children of school age in England and Wales die every year from asthma and most deaths occur before the child reaches hospital. A survey from Asthma UK found that 64% of children with asthma have at some point been unable to access a working reliever inhaler in school,...
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