We have been asked by the team at British Red Cross to find 20 MNers who are able and willing to attend one of their First Aid courses and to add their feedback on MN. The courses are worth £45 outside of the M25 and £60 inside the M25 - selected MNers will attend FOC.
Each course lasts 5 hours (normally between 9am and 3pm for daytime courses and 7-9.30pm) across two consecutive evenings for evening courses. The course is designed to teach you the steps in a number of emergency situations for babies and children including: dealing with an emergency, unconsciousness, choking, bleeding, burns, seizures and more.
The course is aimed at people who are expectant parents, or parents and carers (eg grandparents) of children from birth to 12 years.
They say "Our Baby and Child First Aid courses run from over 50 venues across the UK - we are keen for Mumsnetters to review the course and their experience of learning first aid skills and share them with other members of MN. Our purpose of doing this is to encourage more people to learn lifesaving skills and have the confidence to use them in an emergency when needed. The courses run Mon-Fri during the day or across two evenings, or on a Saturday. Availability of dates and times does vary by venue".
More info on courses can be found here:
Baby and Child First Aid course information
You're welcome to attend a course with a partner/parent/friend. With regret no children.
Red Cross have reserved some places on their courses which run in the following locations and on the following dates.
Belfast
Tuesday 27th May 9am-3pm
Wednesday 4th June 7pm-9.30pm
Thursday 5th June 7pm-9.30pm
Birmingham
Saturday 17th May 9am-3pm
Cardiff
Tuesday 20th May 9am-3pm
Edinburgh
Saturday 10th May 9am-3pm (NOW CLOSED)
Monday 16th June 9am-3pm
London (Euston)
Saturday 10th May 9am-3pm (NOW CLOSED)
Tuesday 27th May 9am-3pm
Salford
Saturday 17th May 9am-3pm
Tuesday 17th June 7pm-9.30pm
Wednesday 18th June 7pm-9.30pm
You can find details about the venues here: Course venue information
If you're selected to take part you'll be booked onto the course by the British Red Cross. After the course we'd need you to add feedback on a thread on MN.
As a thank you for adding feedback you will receive a copy of Baby and Child First Aid Fast and a compact travel first aid kit.
If you'd like to take part please add your details here
Thanks and good luck.
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MNer in – Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London, and Salford? Red Cross need you to attend child first aid course and review it on MN NOW CLOSED
AnnMumsnet · 07/05/2014 13:41
Just done a paediatric first aid course. I would definitely reccomend to anyone especially the over anxious like me
It will simultaneously scare the shit out of you, and give you more confidence
All these threads on MN asking what to do about DC injury/should they go to A&E - if you do the course you'll know the answers.
So do it do it do it! 
Signed up! I went and spelled my username wrong on the survey though, sorry 
My husband has just filled in for NI 
, I'm due at the end of May so the timing is perfect and I think it'd give him peace of mind. Wish I could attend myself but that might be tricky!
They could have run a first aid for cyclists one ahead of the Giro trained up MNers all along the route 
Hi - we will do a feedback thread shortly and I will post a link to it on this thread! 
for all the interest in this. Will be in touch with selected attendees asap
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