Aid Your Career

This course provides a comprehensive set of skills for providing first aid in the workplace.

Duration:

4.5 days plus 3-4 hours pre-work

Content:

• A practical action plan to follow in an emergency; ‘DRSABCD’

• Resuscitation (CPR) on an adult and baby

• How to deal with; choking, burns, bites and stings, sprains and strains, eye irritation, wounds and bleeding, allergic reactions/anaphylaxis, asthma, chest pain, poison, fractures, dislocations, shock, abdominal injuries, head, neck and spinal injuries, heat and cold induced illnesses

• Knowledge of basic anatomy; how the skeletal, respiratory, nervous, lymphatic and circulatory systems work

• Advanced techniques such as assessing a casualty, triage, how to lift and move an injured person including the application of cervical collars, use of spine boards and scoop stretchers

• Management of more demanding situations such as drug/alcohol abuse casualties and childbirth

• Use of specialised equipment; a defibrillator (AED), Oxygen Delivery Systems, how to insert Oropharyngeal Airway, training on soft bag resuscitation and mechanical resuscitation

• Understanding WH&S legislation and workplace requirements to determine first aid needs unique to your workplace

• How to manage a first aid room including ordering and maintaining equipment

• Workplace risk assessments, hazard identification, risk minimisation and incident planning

• Documentation including incident reports, casualty forms and writing first aid policies and procedures for the workplace 

Note: CPR assessment must be completed on the floor.

Qualification:

Successful participants will be awarded a Statement of Attainment for the following units of competency:

• HLTAID001 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation

• HLTAID002 Provide basic emergency life support

• HLTAID003 Provide first aid

• HLTAID006 Provide advanced first aid

• HLTAID007 Provide advanced resuscitation

• HLTAID008 Manage first aid services and resources

• HLTSS00027 Occupational First Aid Skill Set

Current industry standards state that this course should be updated every three years with the CPR component updated annually. 

RRP $6,250.00

AMWU $5,312.50 

Public course (NSW)