This course teaches the skills and knowledge required to provide a first aid response including asthmatic and anaphylactic emergencies, to infants, children and adults. It is targeted for educators and support staff working in an education and care setting.
Course Entry Requirements:
There are no prerequisite for this course.
Course Delivery:
The full course requires 7 hours of face-to-face training with some pre course study.
The refresher course requires 7 hours of face-to-face training.
Location:
Onsite training will be held in Mebourne Metropolitan and rural Victoria.
Student Handbook:
The student handbook Can be found HERE
Pre Course Material:
Pre course material will be made available following registration into the course
Assessment Requirements:
During the face-to-face training period you will be required to demonstrate to your instructor that you understand and can use the information and skills learnt to manage a life-threatening situation.
This will include both a theory assessment and performing some practical scenario assessments.
This will require you to be physically capable of performing uninterrupted CPR for at least 2 minutes
Course requirements:
There are no prerequisite, entry, work-placement, licensing or certification requirements for this course.
Course Outcome & Renewal:
On successful completion of this nationally recognised training you will be awarded the statement of attainment for:
- HLTAID009 Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- HLTAID010 Provide Basic Emergency Life Support
- HLTAID011 Provide First Aid
- HLTAID012 Provide an Emergency First Aid Response in an Education & Care Setting
Course Costs:
$145 plus GST per person
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Skills at Course Completion:
- You will have practiced responding to an emergency situation, which will include conducting a hazard assessment & reporting verbally or in written format and demonstrating safe manual handling
- You will also perform an assessment of airway, breathing and responsiveness, recognizing abnormal breathing and opening/ clearing an airway, managing a choking, vomiting or unconscious casualty and performing CPR uninterrupted for 2 minutes on both an adult and infant manikin.
- You will have followed the prompts of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
- You will have practiced performing a secondary survey and applied first aid for an allergic reaction, anaphylaxis, bleeding, shock, choking, respiratory distress and asthma, envenomation, fractures, sprains and strains (including appropriate immobilization technique), burns and wound care, convulsions and seizures, head injuries, poisoning and cardiac arrest.
