HLTAID012 - Provide First Aid in an education and care setting

HLTAID012 – Provide First Aid in an education and care setting

This course enables to develop the skill and knowledge required to manage emergency first aid situations and deliver competent emergency care to infants, children and adults until the arrival of professional medical support.

The course applies to educators and support staff working within an education and care setting who are required to respond to a first aid emergency, including asthmatic and anaphylactic emergencies.

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Course Outline

Respond to an emergency situation

Apply appropriate emergency first aid procedures

Perform CPR
Provide first aid in accordance with established first aid principles
Ensure casualty feels safe, secure and supported
Obtain consent from the casualty where possible
Use available resources and equipment to make the casualty as comfortable as possible
Operate first aid equipment according to manufacturers’ instructions
Monitor the casualty’s condition and respond in accordance with first aid principles

Communicate details of the incident

Accurately convey incident details to emergency services
Report details of incident in line with appropriate workplace or site procedures
Complete applicable workplace or site documentation, including incident report form
Report details of incidents involving infants and children to caregivers
Follow appropriate workplace or site procedures to report serious incidents to the regulatory authority
Maintain privacy and confidentiality of information in line with statutory or organisational policies

Review the incident

Recommended Recertification

Who Should Participate?

Course Fees

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certfication

On successfully completing the training and assessment, participants will obtain a nationally recognised Statement of Attainment for the following unit of competency:

HLTAID009 – Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation
HLTAID011 – Provide First Aid
HLTAID012 – Provide First Aid in an education and care setting

NOTE: These units of competency have a requirement that the participants must be able to demonstrate a minimum of 2min of CPR on a manikin placed on the floor as part of the assessment.

Public courses are conducted at Surf Rescue House, 18 Manning St, Brisbane South or SLSQ South Coast Branch, 178 Hedges Ave, Mermaid Beach on a monthly basis. These are conducted as a face to face course basis.