ofsted registered first aid course

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Does anyone know where to find these? I'm looking for my nanny in London. Thanks

There is no such thing as an Ofsted Registered First Aid Course. Childminders have to do a 12 hour First Aid Course that includes children 0-6 and the course has to be approved by a Local Authority.

Nannies are not regulated in the same way so I would say find a 12 hour course that includes babies and children from a reputable company. Both St John Ambulance and red Cross do Courses.

The other way would be to contact your local Children's Centre who would be able to tell you when the next course is being run near you.

I don't know where in London you are but I am in SW Herts a 45 min tube ride out of London and there is a LA approved course being run here on Sat 9th and Sat 16th May costing £100 and I think there is still space on it. It starts at 9 or 9.30am. If that is any help I can check for you.

An ofsted Reg nanny does need to do a first aid course with ofsted will except, I really recommend tigerlily training, their course is fun and covers everything needed and is ofsted approved, it is a 6 hr course done on one day plus follow up online training to complete.

Sorry meant to say they run courses over all the country you just need to google them.

Just google 'Oftsed approved first aid course' there are loads in London.

St John's Ambulance (I've done several with them and they are good, but pricey).
Red Cross.
Loads of nanny agencies e.g. Tinies

There's a course run by Tigerlily thatb is only one day, the rest made up online. It's cheaper than most of the established 2 day courses.

I'm not keen on the St. John Ambulance one - too much emphasis on resuscitation and not enough on the kind of accidents and incidents we do need to cope with. I also hope they've dropped that awful Meningitis film they used to play. It was too emotional for purpose and not enough really helpful information for a professional training course.

I like the emphasis on resuscitation and choking because I think they are the two real 'need to get it right' things and they go beyond basic knowledge/common sense. Everything else you've got time to have a quick google/ring 111 (or 999 if necessary) if you're not sure. Plus, most people know how to deal with a head injury, burn etc. because they're more common injuries. Choking and CPR are the ones that people forget or don't have the confidence to use. They need a greater emphasis imo.

I've found my last two courses with SJA to cover all manner of accidents, including how to deal with a child who gets sunburnt eyeballs from staring at the sun reflecting off of a shiny slide!!

They do still show the needlessly upsetting meningitis video though.

Choking, I agree with you. CPR, no I don't think it's necessary to waste a whole day on this for a child-based course. It could be cut down to half a day easily.

Allergies and anaphylactic shock are more important, yet were glossed over. We really need to know the stuff we're most likely to encounter: head injuries, allergies, trauma injuries, bleeding, eye injuries, asthma and breathing difficulties - and much more information on babies.

A child is coughing and can't get their breath. Is it choking - or an allergic reaction? Both look similar.
I've a good idea of the difference because I've now seen both. I wouldn't if I'd just relied on what SJA told us (briefly, at the end of a 2 day course, most of which was spent on CPR).

And how many items in the first aid kit have we ever used? Plasters and the odd wadded bandage, I'll bet
I'm told they put the triangular bandages in because they don't know what else to do with them

I think you must have just had a bad experience because I've done several SJA courses and never spent a day on CPR! Usually an hour on the first day and then a half hour recap on the second day and the same with choking.

Thankfully I've never had a bandage requiring injury so the first aid kit lies untouched.

What I was most impressed with was that they actually failed people who weren't up to scratch. A lot of other first aid courses you just get the certificate if you turn up, no matter how competent you are.

I've been on 3 with SJA, although 2 were with the same trainer.

The most impressive course I was on was with a local company: the trainer asked us right at the start what we'd like to concentrate on. As she said, most of us had been on umpteen courses and just needed the practical stuff and updating on what had changed in the last 3 years.

I take your point about the failing, though - don't think I've ever seen anyone actually fail the first aid course!

I just renewed mine with Surrey first aid. It was a one day (6 hour) course followed by 6 hours of distant learning. Realistically the home learning bit didn't take that long. There was a test at the end and then I got my certificate.
I would defo recommend.

I went on an excellent first aid near Euston station, it was £110 for the full day and was run by a company called Safe and Sound. I would really recommend them!!

PreMed are fantastic. They make it fun, never single you out & give you catchphrases for certain situations to help you remember what to do.

I would never use another company.