Duration
5 Hours
Delivery
Blended Learning
Cost
From $120pp
Overview
The course we deliver is highly practical and focused on developing skills you can put into practice in real emergency scenarios. It provides the skills and knowledge required to use specialised equipment in the provision of resuscitation and oxygen therapy in line with the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) guidelines. It applies to persons who may be required to use specialised equipment to provide resuscitation or oxygen therapy in a range of complex situations, including community and workplace settings.
If you are unsure whether this course is right for you, please contact us for further information.
Course Outline
- Legal requirements, the five rights and the responsibilities of the first aider in relation to administration of oxygen
- Basic Life Support (DRSABCD) CPR and AED
- Drowning
- Anatomy and physiology
- Cardiopulmonary system
- Assessment of vital signs
- Levels of consciousness
- Oxygen therapy and resuscitation
- Airway adjunct and Bag valve mask (BVM)
- Suctioning in the event of regurgitation or vomiting
- Managing a casualty with life-threatening bleeding requiring use of tourniquets and haemostatic dressings
- Assessing vital signs respirations, pulse and oxygen saturation
- Maintenance of resuscitation equipment
Pre-course theory may be completed online prior to attending the face to face practical, which reduces the face-to-face delivery time. Consideration is given to previous skills, knowledge and experience for students refreshing an existing or equivalent certificate.
· Standard face-to-face delivery: Up to 5 hours
Note: These are approximate timings and may vary based on the number of students, their level of experience, and whether the theory component is completed beforehand or integrated into the face-to-face session.
There are no formal prerequisite units required for entry into this course. Learners will require English language, literacy, and numeracy (LLN) skills.
Participants must be physically capable of performing CPR on a floor-based manikin for at least two minutes.
This course requires participants to respond to range of first aid emergency situations. This includes the requirement for all participants to perform at least 2 minutes of uninterrupted CPR on an adult, child, infant resuscitation manikin placed on the floor.
This course is recommended to be updated every three years, with the HLTAID009 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation statement of attainment to be updated annually.
Further information including fees, payments, support, complaints and appeals can be found in the Student Handbook on the Student Help Centre page.