This course is appropriate for people who work in high-risk areas, act as first aiders to larger facilities or groups, or work in areas where help may be delayed or have difficulty accessing casualties.
This course will cover a broad range of advanced skills and provides you with high level skills in management of large incidents, major trauma, sudden cardiac arrest and emotionally disturbed and drug affected casualties.
This course also covers the skills and knowledge required to use specialised equipment in the provision of resuscitation and oxygen therapy in line with the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) guidelines.
PRE-REQUISITE UNIT
HLTAID011 is a pre-requisite for unit HLTAID015.
If this unit is not already held, it will be covered on the day of the course.
What certification do you get?
This is an accredited course. On successful completion of this course you will be issued a statement of attainment in:
- 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
St John recommends, as per the First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice and the Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines, that first aid skills (HLTAID011/HLTAID014) are renewed every 3 years and resuscitation skills (HLTAID009/HLTAID015) are renewed every 12 months.
COURSE OUTLINE
The course covers the following:
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Participants are required to undertake online e-learning module prior to attending the face to face workshops for practice and assessments.
Please allow 3-4 hours for the online learning.
