Pediatric First Aid, CPR & AED Training for Schools
A Child Is Not a Small Adult.
Return 2 Sinus trains school and childcare staff in pediatric-first CPR, AED, and First Aid. Onsite, on your calendar, on infant and child manikins. Different compressions, a different airway, and a different first move than the adult course most of your staff already sat through.
Onsite training for districts, schools, and childcare programs nationwide.
7,000+
Children suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the United States every year.
6.2%
Survival to hospital discharge for infants who suffer cardiac arrest outside a hospital.
40 States + DC
Require CPR education for students before they graduate high school.
Sources: American Heart Association, Infant CPR and Choking Fact Sheet; Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation, CPR and AED Laws.
Why Pediatric Training Is Different
Depth, Airway, and Cause of Arrest All Change
Adult cardiac arrest is usually a heart problem. In children it usually starts as a breathing problem: a blocked airway, a drowning, an asthma attack that went too far. That changes what you do first, how hard you push, and how you breathe for them. Staff trained only on an adult manikin have never practiced the emergency they are most likely to meet.
Compression depth and hand position change for a child, and change again for an infant.
Most pediatric arrests begin with the airway, so rescue breathing carries more weight than it does with adults.
Choking and suffocation are a leading cause of injury death for infants under one year old.
AED pads and energy settings differ for small children. Knowing which to use is part of the training.
Anaphylaxis, asthma, seizures, and diabetic emergencies all show up during an ordinary school day.
Playground falls, cafeteria choking, and gym injuries do not wait for the nurse to be free.
We bring infant and child manikins, not one adult torso for a room full of preschool teachers.
Every school session we run includes infant and child manikins, pediatric AED pads, and scenarios drawn from the places these things actually happen. The nap room, the cafeteria, the bus, the playground. Your staff practice on the size of person they work with all day.
State and Federal Requirements
What the Rules Actually Say
Three separate requirements touch this, and most buildings are only meeting one of them.
Childcare staff: federal childcare rules require every state to cover pediatric first aid and pediatric CPR in provider health and safety training. States set their own deadline after hire.
High schools: 40 states and the District of Columbia require CPR education for students before graduation.
Athletics: 35 states and the District of Columbia have sudden cardiac arrest laws for youth sports, but awareness is not the same as having someone in the gym who can run a real response.
“Pediatric first-aid and pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).”
That is one of the health and safety training topics federal childcare rules require every state to address. It is why an adult-only card is the wrong credential for a room full of toddlers. We train to the ages of the children in your building and hand you documentation with names and dates. Your state licensing specialist should confirm the exact requirement where you operate.
Who We Train
Everyone Who Is Ever Alone With Kids.
The adult closest to the child is rarely the school nurse. It is a bus driver, a lunch aide, a coach, or the teacher whose planning period just ended.
Public School Districts
Private & Parochial Schools
Preschools & Head Start
Licensed Childcare Centers
Home Daycare Providers
After-School & Youth Programs
Coaches & Athletic Staff
Bus Drivers & Support Staff
Training Programs
Pediatric First. Adult Too.
Every school course we teach covers infant, child, and adult response, in that order, because that is the order your building needs it.
Pediatric CPR
Infant, child, and adult compressions and rescue breathing, practiced on infant and child manikins. Different depth, different hand position, different breathing ratio, learned by doing rather than by watching.
AED for Small Bodies
Pad placement and settings for a child versus an adult, plus how to actually use the defibrillator already mounted in your hallway instead of standing next to it.
Pediatric First Aid
Choking, anaphylaxis and epinephrine, asthma attacks, seizures, head injuries, severe bleeding, burns, and the fractures that come off a playground.
For Your Students
We Can Teach the Graduation Requirement Too.
Forty states and the District of Columbia require CPR education for students before graduation. If you want those students to walk out actually certified rather than just instructed, that generally has to come from a certified instructor.
Grades 9–12 Instruction
Hands-on CPR and AED instruction that meets the psychomotor skills expectation most state laws are written around, delivered in your gym or classroom.
Optional Certification
Students can leave with a certification, not just a completed lesson, taught by a certified instructor.
Health & PE Integration
We can run it as a unit inside an existing health or physical education block instead of adding another day to your calendar.
Staff and Students Together
Book a staff in-service and a student session on the same visit and cut the scheduling in half.
How It Works
Four Steps. Built Around the School Year.
We know your calendar is the constraint. Tell us the openings and we will work inside them.
1
Tell Us Who Needs Training
Teachers, aides, coaches, bus drivers, cafeteria staff, students, and the ages of the children in your building.
2
We Build It Around Your Calendar
In-service days, early releases, before school, after school, or a summer block. We work inside the school year, not against it.
3
We Come to You
Instructor, infant and child manikins, and AED trainers arrive at your building. You provide the room.
4
You Get Documentation
Digital certification cards plus a roster with names and dates for your licensing file or personnel records.
Questions We Get
What Principals and Directors Ask
Does this meet our state’s childcare training requirement?
We train in first aid and CPR appropriate to the ages of the children in your care, which is the language the rule uses, and we provide documentation with names and dates. Your licensing specialist should confirm the fit for your specific program.
Can you train on an in-service day?
That is the most common way we do it. Send us your calendar and we will fit the sessions into the days you already have.
Do you train coaches and bus drivers, not just teachers?
Yes. Coaches, aides, bus drivers, cafeteria and custodial staff, and office staff. Anyone who is ever alone with children.
Can you certify our high school students?
Yes. Most states require CPR education for students before graduation, and if you want students to earn a real certification it generally has to be taught by a certified instructor. We can deliver either version.
What do we need to provide?
A room with open floor space and chairs. We bring the manikins and the AED trainers.
How long does certification last?
Two years is the standard cycle for CPR and First Aid. We reach out before your staff cards lapse so nobody falls out of compliance quietly.
Book Your In-Service
Put It on the Calendar.
Tell us your headcount, your building, and the ages of the children you serve. We will come back with dates and a flat quote.
