Overview

This course covers skills and knowledge required to provide a first aid response to infants, children and adults in line with guidelines determined by Australian national peak clinical bodies.

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It includes learning about:

• Differences between adults and children for provision of first aid

• Normal clinical values for children

• Airway management, including infant airway

• CPR for adults, children and infants

• Automated External Defibrillation

• Medical conditions including asthma, anaphylaxis, diabetes, epilepsy and convulsions

• Infection control and First Aid for minor wounds

• Bleeding, fractures, burns and other trauma

• Choking and drowning

• Hyperthermia and hypothermia

• Eye and soft tissue injuries

• Venomous bites and stings

• Head, neck and spinal injuries

• Signs and symptoms of acute illness in children and infants

• Fever, vomiting, diarrhoea and dehydration

• Communicating details of an incident

• Reporting requirements in education and children’s services

• Debriefing and evaluation of response to critical incidents

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Course Structure

1. HLTAID012 /01 Respond to an emergency situation

2. HLTAID012 /02 Apply appropriate first aid procedures

3. HLTAID012 /03 Communicate details of the incident

4. HLTAID012 /04 Review the incident

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Career Outcomes

• Emergency life supporter

• Qualified emergency support provider

• Emergency support team leader

• Qualified CPR provider

• Workplace First Aider

• WHS First Aider

• WHS Team leader

• Pre-requisition for certain courses in health and community services.

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