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Distress Signal3 to 12 months07 Aug

Anyone done a paediatric first aid course? Worth it or is it two hours of common sense? Leaning towards doing it either way.

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As Winging-it Hedgehog 759 · 0/400
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Do it. Two hours, and the gagging versus choking distinction alone is worth the whole thing. Gagging is loud and red-faced and normal. Choking is quiet. I did not know that.

Frazzled Badger 77 · 07 Aug

Ours was free through the local NHS trust. Worth checking before you pay for one.

Shellshocked Shrew 66 · 07 Aug