First Aid Course Program Offered at Gertrudes Institute of Child Health and Research

Paediatric first aid involves the immediate care given to a child / infant who has been injured, or who has become ill prior to the arrival of qualified medical assistance. It may sound simple but in reality the average person may struggle to deal with the above situation.

Sometimes the situation is made more difficult when the bystander involved has not received any sort of training. During an emergency this could result in someone not knowing what to do, freezing or making a serious mistake. Just a little basic training could potentially prevent all three from happening.

Eligible Applicants And Number: Not more than 20 participants School matrons, teachers, parents and caregivers, drivers and students in upper classes

The Fee Covers: Tuition, teaching and learning materials, venue, mid morning teas and coffee, lunch, afternoon tea and coffee, certificate

Mode of Payment: Money Transfer to Gertrude’s Institute’s Bank Account or by Institutional Cheque

Venue: Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital, Muthaiga Road Muthaiga, Nairobi

Duration of The Course: One (1) Day

Application Deadline:One week before the course date.

Scheduled Dates For The Courses: Every first Saturday of the month. (Contact trainingschool@gerties.org for details)

Mode of Application: By filling in the application form and mailing to  trainingschool@gerties.org

Facilitators: The Institute’s Lecturers.

To impact knowledge, skills and attitudes of basic life support.

At the end of the course, the learner will be able to:

• Understand concepts of first aid.
• Describe the life saving skills.
• Describe the emergency action plan.
• Describe the contents of a first aid kit

School matrons, teachers, parents and caregivers, drivers and students in upper classes

Introduction, principles of first aid, basic life support, foreign body
obstruction removal, bleeding, chain of survival, choking, trauma
management, fainting, cardiac arrest, burns, drowning, poisoning and
febrile convulsion.

Gertrude’s Institute of Child Health and Research Muthaiga is a premier Training Centre of Excellence, located in Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital in Muthaiga along Muthaiga Road, a few kilometers from Nairobi Central Business District.

Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital is a not-for-profit Children’s Hospital established in 1947. Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital is the most established ... read more