Youth first aid
This assessed course can be delivered
using the Young first aider pack and provides comprehensive
training in first aid for young people.
St John Ambulance believes that it is never too early to start
learning first aid and that all young people should leave school
with these vital skills. On successful completion of the course,
the young people will receive a Youth first aid certificate. This
course replaces Young Lifesaver Plus.
Who is this suitable for?
Young people aged 11-16 years old in
schools and youth organisations.
What they will learn?
First aid knowledge and skills to complete
a first aid qualification for young people.
Course content
- Asthma
- Bites and stings
- Bleeding (minor)
- Bleeding and shock
- Bone, muscle and joint injuries
- Burns and scalds
- Chest pains
- Choking
- Communication and casualty care
- Coping in an emergency
- Electric shock
- Fainting
- First aid kit
- Foreign objects
- Head injuries
- Heat exhaustion
- Hypothermia
- Low blood sugar
- Poisons
- Primary survey
- Recovery position
- Resuscitation (adult)
- Seizures
- Severe allergic reaction
- Spinal injury.
Course duration
12 hours.
Assessment and certification
There is a practical assessment at the end
of the course carried out by a St John Ambulance registered
assessor. A St John Ambulance certificate, valid for three years,
is issued on successful completion of the assessment.
For further information please contact your local St John
Ambulance county headquarters by calling 08700 10 49
50.