HLTAID012 – Provide First Aid In An Education And Care Setting

This course provides practical training for workers within an education and care setting to respond to first aid emergencies in line with legal and workplace requirements, Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines, and other Australian national peak clinical bodies.

It teaches how to identify illness or injury, access emergency services, and safely provide first aid treatment using action plans, equipment, and resources for:

• CPR and defibrillation
• Administering an autoinjector for anaphylaxis
• Administering asthma medication
• Immobilization for envenomation, fractures, dislocations, sprains, and strains
• Managing bleeding, shock, and other conditions

You will learn basic anatomy, physiology, and the differences between adults, children, and infants relating to CPR. The course also covers managing an infant or child with an acute illness or who requires an immediate ambulance response, and conveying incident details to parents, caregivers, and emergency services.

Additionally, the course includes completing incident documentation and debriefing for improvement of response, recognizing psychological impacts, talking with children about their emotions, 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:

• HLTAID012 – Provide First Aid in an education and care setting
• 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 a child
• Perform CPR on an infant
• Manage a child casualty with anaphylaxis
• Manage a child casualty with asthma
• Manage a choking child and infant casualty
• Manage a child casualty with non-life-threatening bleeding and shock, requiring minor wound cleaning
• Manage a child casualty with a nosebleed
• Manage a child casualty with a fracture and dislocation
• Manage a child casualty with a sprain and strain
• Manage a child casualty with envenomation (snake/funnel-web spider bite)

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