Course Overview
Duration:
Online Learning: Up to 2 hours
Practical Face-to-face: 4 hours
Cost : From $165
Course Delivery Mode: Blended. Online theory and quizzes with face to face practical training.
About This Course:
Students completing this course will gain the skills and knowledge required to provide a first aid response to a casualty in line with first aid guidelines determined by the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) and other Australian national peak clinical bodies.
This unit applies to all persons who may be required to provide a first aid response in a range of situations, including community and workplace settings.
Important Information:
In order to issue an accredited certificate, CPR must be performed on the floor with no exemptions.
We suggest that you wear comfortable casual clothing, as the practical nature of the demonstrations and practice may possibly require bending, kneeling and lying on the floor.
Units Covered:
- HLTAID009 Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- HLTAID010 Provide Basic Emergency Life Support
- HLTAID011 Provide First Aid
Training and assessment are done on behalf of ABC First Aid, RTO 3399
What You Will Learn
Followed DRSABCD in line with ARC guidelines:
- How to respond to an emergency situation.
- Calling for emergency help, ringing 000/112.
- Managed the unconscious breathing casualty
- Performed at least 2 minutes of uninterrupted single rescuer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on an infant and adult manikin.
- Manage an unconscious casualty with regurgitation or vomiting
- Demonstration of a rotation of CPR operators with minimal interruptions to compressions
- Followed the prompts of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
Applied first aid procedures for the following:
- Allergic reaction and Anaphylaxis
- Asthma and other respiratory distress.
- Bleeding control
- Choking and airway obstruction
- Envenomation, using pressure immobilisation
- Fractures, sprains and strains, using arm slings, roller bandages or other appropriate immobilisation techniques
- Shock
- Casualty assessment
- Safe manual handling techniques
- Verbal or written incident reporting.
- Post incident debrief and evaluation
Course Prerequisites
There are no formal prerequisite units required for entry into this course. Learners will require English language, literacy, and numeracy (LLN) skills.
Assessment Requirements:
Assessment activities will include a knowledge test and practical assessments including CPR and First Aid techniques. Students will also complete scenarios in a simulated environment.