Friends and Family First Aid for Children in Lafayette on Oct 9, 2013 6:00 PM

This course is open to people who want to learn first aid basics. The program teaches how to manage illness and injuries in a child for the first few minutes until professional help arrives. Child safety and injury prevention are also covered. At the end of class, infant CPR and relief of choking in an infant are taught using the American Heart Association’s practice-while-watching technique, with hands on CPR practice time. The class is offered every other month on Wednesday evenings. Registration includes one guest.

Additional information available on course content

Child safety for different ages• First Aid basics like checking for injuries and illnesses  and rescue breathing for infants• Medical emergencies like breathing problems, seizure and shock• Injury emergencies like bleeding, head injuries, broken bones, burns and eye injuries• Environmental emergencies like bites and stings• Poison emergencies