Be Ready to Save Lives: Comprehensive First Aid Training
Be Ready to Save Lives: Comprehensive First Aid Training
This first aid course is designed to provide you with the skills and knowledge to respond effectively during emergencies, ensuring the best possible outcomes for those in need. Delivered in alignment with legal, workplace, and community standards and guidelines from the Australian Resuscitation Council and other national clinical authorities, this training equips you to recognise sudden illnesses or injuries and deliver immediate, effective first-aid care.
Practical training teaches you how to assess a casualty, prioritize safety, and mobilize emergency services when needed. The course covers critical resources such as CPR techniques, defibrillators, and autoinjectors for anaphylaxis. You’ll also develop skills in administering asthma medication, assisting someone choking, applying immobilization techniques for fractures, sprains, and strains, and managing non-life-threatening bleeding and shock.
Understanding the human body is key to effective first aid. This course dives into basic anatomy and physiology, emphasizing the differences between adults, children, and infants in CPR techniques. You’ll also explore the chain of survival and its importance in life-saving situations. Post-incident skills include verbal and written reporting of incident details, reviewing events to enhance your response times, and identifying areas for personal improvement.
This course addresses the psychological impacts of emergency situations in addition to hands-on training. Learn to recognise signs of stress in yourself and others and understand when to seek support. With this comprehensive first aid training, you’ll gain the confidence and capability to provide immediate care when it matters most.
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The following units will be included in your certificate:
HLTAID011 - Provide First Aid
HLTAID009 - Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation
HLTAID010 - Provide basic emergency life support
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This course can be delivered/assessed in the workplace or at facility organised by the training provider.
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Course durations can vary for multiple reasons, so the durations below are the minimum possible amount.
Refresher Face to Face contact time of at least 6 Hours
Blended Face to Face contact time of at least 6 Hours
Face-to-Face Face to Face contact time of at least 7 Hours 30 Mins
Online with face-to-face assessment Face to Face contact time of at least 1 Hour
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Participants must have the physical capacity to perform the practical demonstrations, such as 2 minutes of uninterrupted CPR on the floor and rescue breathing techniques on manikins.
Online study: Students must have access to a computer, smartphone, tablet or other electronic devices with access to the internet to complete the online/ pre-course studies.
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Individuals undertaking this course will be expected to complete both written and practical assessment tasks.
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This certificate has an industry recommended renewal period of 36 months
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Please note that enrolment to 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 (https://allenstraining.com.au/students/student-handbook) for all details relating to rights and responsibilities including complaints and appeals.
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Performance tasks and practical scenarios:
Perform CPR on an adult (incl. 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.