Childcare CPR & first aid requirements
First Aid & CPR Belgium
If you work in childcare in Belgium — whether at a daycare, preschool, home-based care, or camp — first aid and CPR certification is not optional. It's a licensing requirement, and for good reason: children are among the most vulnerable to choking, allergic reactions, and injuries. Being prepared to respond can mean everything.
What Belgium requires
In Belgium, early-childhood care is a Community-level competence, and the rules differ by Community. In Flanders, the Licensing Decree of 22 November 2013 (arts. 40 and 43) requires every child carer and every responsible person to hold a certificate of life-saving action with children ('levensreddend handelen bij kinderen'), renewed every three years. In the French Community, the order of 2 May 2019 (ONE) relies on qualified, diploma-holding staff and preventive medical surveillance, without demanding an explicit first-aid certificate.
Anaphylaxis and medication administration
Life-saving training for children teaches staff to recognise and respond to a severe allergic reaction. A child's prescribed adrenaline auto-injector may be given by trained staff under a written care agreement with the parents, with the emergency kit kept within easy reach. In anaphylaxis, acting within seconds can save a life.
How our courses meet these requirements
A recognized, standards-based certification in pediatric first aid and CPR meets Belgium’s requirement and keeps your team ready to act.
Don't wait for renewal day
When a child chokes, has a seizure or suffers a severe allergic reaction, everything is decided in the first minutes — the ones the person on the spot lives through, before the emergency services arrive. A recognised, standards-based certification gives your team the right reflexes and reassures the families who entrust you with their child. Training isn't a box to tick: it's being ready the day it truly counts.