Accidents will and do happen when it comes to childcare. Be prepared to handle any situation.
What type of child first aid kit do you need when you’re responsible to protect the children? Steroplast have designed a First Aid Kit using guidance from HSE, the UK government, and childcare specialists. The Steroplast Childcare First Aid Kit is for childminders, schools, nurseries, preschools, childcare centres, babysitters, and parents.
With this kit, you can take care of everyday scrapes and bumps, ensuring wounds stay clean and don’t lead to infection. You can also use this kit to give life-saving first aid in critical situations like severe wounds, burns, fractures, broken bones, and unconsciousness.
You should be able to get help to an injured child within 60 seconds and to do this you must have a suitable first aid kit.
Child First Aid Kit UK Requirements
HSE strongly recommends schools supply first aid provisions for pupils in addition to the workplace first aid kits they are legally required to provide. The UK government advises, “first aid provision must be available while people are on school or college premises. It must also be available when staff, pupils and students are working elsewhere on school or college activities including any off-site activity such as educational visits.”
The Steroplast Childcare First Aid Kits is highly portable. Cleaning Supplies 2U can also Supply kit refills to keep your equipment topped up.
There’s no mandatory childcare first aid kit contents list, so you must ensure you have all bases covered for the most common injuries and accidents. This First Aid Kit has been designed under the watchful eye of a course tutor specialising in childcare first aid courses. The equipment meets the minimum recommendations of HSE and includes additional items have determined necessary through expert feedback.
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If you’re sourcing first aid kits for your school, you’re in the right place. Steroplast are experts in first aid products and supply the British Red Cross and St John Ambulance with first aid kits.
We also stock workplace first aid kits made to meet British Standard BS8599-1, the recommended standard for workplace safety compliance, and new essential PAcT Kits. Get your school covered in one go with Cleaning Supplies 2U: staff, pupils, and everything in between. School Trip Travel Kits, Sports First Aid Kits, Catering First Aid Kits and more
Why choose a Steroplast pediatric first aid kit?
- The kit comes in a hard-shell box for storage on-site with your other first aid supplies.
- The kit contains hypoallergenic plasters suitable for use on delicate children’s skin.
- The plasters are washproof, keeping wounds safe from bacteria and increasing the longevity of the plaster.
- The kit contains an essential guide to giving children CPR.
- Cleaning Supplies 2U offer refills of all our kits, so yours is always stock and ready to go.
- All contents are clearly labelled, and the container is clearly marked following HSE advice.
- The kit contains alcohol-free sterile disinfectant wipes, the appropriate type of wipe to use with children.
Who needs a Childcare first aid kit?
Parents, put your minds at rest, knowing you’ve got the supplies you need at the ready for any unexpected accidents with your kids. Keeping one of our kits in your cupboard or mounting on the wall means you can grab it in an emergency. Let friends and family know about it, so if you’re not home, they’ll be prepared too. It’s a precaution you won’t ever regret.
Responsible professional childminders should always carry a childminder first aid kit to protect the children they look after as well as their own business. Find childminder first aid kits and childminder first aid kit refills here.
School head teachers are usually responsible for overseeing the provision of first aid in their schools. If this is you, get in touch with us to help determine your needs exactly. We can help you:
- Conduct a risk assessment following The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 (if in the North West)
- Determine what you need in a childcare first aid kit and a workplace first aid kit (another requirement for your school).
- Help you determine how many first aid kits you need and where to install them.
- Identify the correct locations for your first aid kit and help you install them (if in the North West).
- Keep track of the items in your first aid kit and let you know when anything is about to go out of date.
- Give you advice about defibrillators, which businesses in the UK are encouraged to install.
Childcare businesses for younger children require first aid kits for childcare centres and workplace first aid for staff. Find the right preschool first aid kit or nursery first aid kit here.
Cleaning Supplies 2U also offer sports first aid kits ideal for taking to school away games or just onto the pitch so the right sports first aid supplies are always nearby.
