This first aid course provides instruction and practical training in line with legal, workplace, and community considerations, Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines, and other Australian national peak clinical bodies. It teaches the skills and knowledge to recognize emergencies and provide immediate and effective first aid treatment to any person suffering a sudden illness or injury.

The course covers assessing the casualty, ensuring safety, accessing emergency services, and using resources to provide first aid, such as:

• Providing CPR and using a defibrillator
• Administering an autoinjector for anaphylaxis
• Administering asthma medication
• Assisting someone choking
• Using appropriate immobilization techniques for envenomation, fractures, dislocations, sprains, and strains
• Managing casualties with non-life-threatening bleeding and shock

You will learn basic anatomy, physiology, and the differences between adults, children, and infants relating to CPR, the importance of the chain of survival, written and verbal reporting of incident details, reviewing incidents to improve your own skills and response times, recognizing psychological impacts, and seeking help as required.

This course is delivered and assessed on behalf of Allens Training Pty Ltd RTO 90909 by Toowoomba Safety Training.

Units Being Delivered:

The following units will be included in your certificate:

• HLTAID011 – Provide First Aid
• HLTAID009 – Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• HLTAID010 – Provide basic emergency life support

Course Delivery:

This course can be delivered/assessed in the workplace or at a facility organized by the training provider.

Entry Requirements:

Participants must have the physical capacity to perform practical demonstrations, such as 2 minutes of uninterrupted CPR on the floor and performing rescue breathing techniques on manikins.

Online study: Students must have access to a computer, smartphone, tablet, or other electronic devices with internet access to complete the online/pre-course studies.

Course Duration:

• Refresher minimum duration: 360 minutes
• Blended minimum duration: 360 minutes
• Face-to-face minimum duration: 450 minutes
• Online with face-to-face minimum duration: 60 minutes

Assessment Requirements:

Individuals undertaking this course will be expected to complete both written and practical assessment tasks.

Certificate Renewal Requirements:

This certificate has an industry-recommended renewal period of 36 months.

Learning Rights, Responsibilities, and Support, including Complaints:

Please note that enrollment in this course is made with Allens Training Pty Ltd RTO 90909. Please refer to the student handbook located on the RTO website allenstraining.com.au for all details relating to rights and responsibilities, including complaints and appeals.

Assessment Activities:

Performance tasks and practical scenarios:

• Perform CPR on an adult (including the use of an AED and placing a casualty into the recovery position)
• Complete a first aid incident report form based on the simulated first aid scenario
• 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)

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