This course is the minimum requirement for emergency first aid response in the workplace. It allows the first aiders and the students to develop the knowledge and skills required when performing life support, first aid, and management of casualties during an incident. You will develop the abilities needed to preserve life, prevent a condition from worsening, and promote recovery. This includes initial intervention like providing CPR, and other treatment needed for casualties with a serious condition until an emergency qualified help arrives. This course is done following the guidelines from the Australian Resuscitation Council.

Course Content

• Performing effective first aid
• Providing basic emergency life support
• Providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Units Being Delivered

he following units are awarded to successful participants in this course. The certificate is issued by our Partner RTO.

• HLTAID003 Provide first aid
• HLTAID002 Provide basic emergency life support
• HLTAID001 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Delivery Method

This course will be done at the i-Tag Training facility, in the workplace or at a third-party facility.

Physical Requirements

The HLTAID competency standards require the capacity to physically perform two (2) minutes of uninterrupted CPR on an adult CPR mannequin placed on the floor. Participants need to be able to respond to emergencies where there may be risks to life and be able to provide resuscitation.

If students are unable to pass the physical requirements of this course, they cannot be considered as a competent person or be issued with a statement of attainment.

Available Resources for this Course

• Adult and infant resuscitation mannequins
• Auto-injector training device
• AED training device
• Placebo bronchodilator and spacer device
• First aid kit
• Workplace injury, trauma, and/or illness record report form

Assessments

Participants who will take this course will be expected to undergo both theoretical and practical assessment tasks. 

#1 Theory Assessments

You will take a multiple-choice questionnaire and you will be assessed on the following:

State and Territory guidelines, first aid codes of practice and workplace procedures:

• ARC’s Guidelines for the provision of CPR
• Practices to minimize risk and potential hazards, and have a safe workplace
• Procedures and principles of infection control, and use of standard precautions
• Requirements for the currency of knowledge and skills

Legal, workplace, and community considerations:

• Recognition of the potential need for stress-management approach and available support for an emergency
• The function of care requirements and respectful behavior towards a casualty
• Own skill, consent, limitations, and confidentiality requirements
• Significance of debriefing

Considerations when performing CPR:

• Airway obstruction due to body position
• Suitable cessation and duration of CPR
• Appropriate use of an AED and the chain of survival
• Standard precautionary measures

First Aid Management Principles and Procedures for the following situations:

• Abdominal injuries
• Allergic reaction
• Anaphylaxis
• Basic care of the wound
• Bleeding control
• Burns
• Cardiac conditions, including chest pain
• Chocking and airway obstruction
• Crush injuries
• Diabetes
• Dislocations
• Drowning
• Envenomation
• Environment impact, including hypothermia, hyperthermia, dehydration, and heatstroke
• Eye and ear injuries
• Fractures
• Febrile convulsions
• Head, neck and spinal injuries
• Minor skin injuries
• Needlestick injuries
• Poisoning and toxic substances
• Respiratory distress, including asthma
• Seizures, including epilepsy
• Shock
• Soft tissue injuries, including strains and sprains
• Stroke
• Unconsciousness

Basic physiology and anatomy:

• Considerations in the provision of first aid for specified conditions
• Chest
• How to determine if a person is not breathing normally
• Consciousness and response
• Upper airway and effect of positional change

#2 Practical Assessments

The assessor will be observed in the following first aid scenarios and demonstration tasks:

• Adult CPR and defibrillation
• Infant CPR
• Auto-injector and anaphylaxis
• Asthma and medication
• Choking
• Turning a victim on his/her side
• Shock and bleeding control
• Pits spider bite or snakes
• Rice for sprain