Education First Aid Course
This course provides practical training for workers within an education and care setting to respond to first aid emergencies in line with legal and workplace requirements, Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines and other Australian national peak clinical bodies.
It teaches how to identify illness or injury, access emergency services, safely provide first aid treatment using action plans, equipment and resources, for CPR, defibrillation, administering an autoinjector for anaphylaxis, administering asthma medication, immobilisation for envenomation, fractures, dislocations, sprains and strains, for bleeding and shock and other conditions.
You will learn basic anatomy, physiology and the differences between adults, children and infants relating to CPR, managing an infant or child with an acute illness, or who requires an immediate ambulance response and conveying incident details to parents, caregivers and emergency services.
The course covers completing incident documentation and debriefing for improvement of response, recognising psychological impacts, talking with children about their emotions and seeking help as required.
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- HLTAID012 - Provide first aid in an education and care setting
- HLTAID011 - Provide first aid
- HLTAID010 - Provide basic emergency life support
- HLTAID009 - Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Performance tasks and Practical scenarios:
- Perform CPR on an infant
- Perform CPR on a child
- Perform CPR on an adult (incl. the use of an AED)
- Breathing difficulties – Asthma
- Anaphylaxis (allergic reaction)
- Choking with airway obstruction
- Head injury/ Unconscious breathing casualty
- Bleeding and shock
- Snake or funnel-web spider bite
- Sprains and fractures
- Seizures and epilepsy, including febrile convulsions
- Poisoning and toxic substances
- Incident report forms
COURSE TYPE | DELIVERY TIMES |
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Refresher min. duration: | 7 Hours |
Blended min. duration: | 7 Hours |
Face-to-face min. duration: | 9 Hours |
Online with face-to-face min. duration: | 1 Hour |