Provide Advanced First Aid &

Challenging situations, such as multiple casualty incidents, having to move or extricate casualties, or treating potentially fatal illnesses and injuries are high risk. It is imperative that training occurs to be able to know what to do when confronted with a real-life incident. This course provides practical simulated real-life situations to learn and gain the confidence to coordinate and manage a response and provide advanced first aid in line with legal, community and workplace considerations, Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines and other Australian national peak clinical bodies until emergency services arrive. 

This course includes instruction on first aid and CPR, as well as treatments specific to advanced conditions, such as hypothermia or hyperthermia, head, neck and spinal injuries, using tourniquets and haemostatic dressings for life-threatening bleeding, managing a casualty in shock and providing oxygen in a range of complex situations, including community and workplace settings. Simulated real-life situations will be used to develop the skills and knowledge for using and maintaining specialised equipment for the provision of first aid, resuscitation, and oxygen therapy.  

The following units will be included in your certificate:

• HLTAID009 – Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• HLTAID010 – Provide basic emergency life support
• HLTAID011 – Provide First Aid
• HLTAID014 – Provide Advanced First Aid
• HLTAID015 – Provide advanced resuscitation and oxygen therapy

Performance tasks and practical scenarios:

• Simulated First Aid Scenario – Perform CPR on an adult (incl. the use of bag-valve-masks, oxygen equipment, an AED and placing the casualty into the recovery position )
• Perform CPR on an infant
• Manage a casualty with anaphylaxis
• Manage a casualty with asthma
• Manage a choking casualty
• Manage a casualty with non-life-threatening bleeding and shock, requiring minor wound cleaning
• Manage a casualty with a nosebleed
• Manage a casualty with a fracture and dislocation
• Manage a casualty with a sprain and strain
• Manage a casualty with envenomation (snake/ funnel-web spider bite)
• Coordinate a multiple casualty incident 
• Manage a casualty with life-threatening bleeding and provide supplemental oxygen
• Maintain resuscitation equipment
• Complete two separate incident report forms 

Theory assessment: A written assessment consisting of multiple-choice questions.