About the Course

On successful completion, participants will receive a nationally recognised statement of attainment in HLTAID012 Provide an Emergency First Aid Response in an Education & Care Setting, valid for three (3) years from the completion date. The Code of Practice and Australian Resuscitation Council recommends that cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills are refreshed annually.

Pre-course learning material for the course is available online. Participants must have access to a computer, phone, tablet etc with access to the internet to complete the pre-course online learning. Only participants who have successfully completed the pre-course learning and have their certificate of completion will be admitted into the face to face training session.

Students must have the physical ability to provide resuscitation by kneeling on the floor and performing two (2) minutes of uninterrupted CPR on an adult and infant manikin. Students under the age of 18 years will be required to provide a signed parental consent form prior to attending the course. Please contact us for further details.

If you have a learning difficulty or any special needs or support requirements please contact us prior to enrolment. This may include but not limited to language, literacy and numeracy skills or disabilities. It’s important to note that there is a physical requirement to complete 2 minutes of uninterrupted CPR on the floor with a manikin.

Recognition of prior learning is available to those who can provide other evidence that they can demonstrate the skills, knowledge, and experience described by the unit. There is a currency requirement to be able to demonstrate skills such as CPR.

Every student requires a Unique Student Identifier (USI) to obtain a certificate or qualification from their registered training organisation when studying a nationally recognised training course in Australia. A USI gives you access to an online account which keeps all your training records together, even if you move locations, change training organisations or undertake studies at different times in your life. For more information ask your training organisation or visit www.usi.gov.au.

Multiple choise question paper. You will be assessed on:

State/Territory regulations, first aid codes of practice and workplace procedures:

• ARC guidelines for provision of CPR and first aid to infants, children and adults
• Guidelines from Australian national peak clinical bodies
• Safe work practices to minimise the risk and potential hazards
• First aid requirements for services under the Education and Care Services
• National Law
• Infection control principles and procedures, including use of standard precautions
• Requirements for currency of skill and knowledge

Legal, workplace and community considerations:

• Awareness of potential need for stress-management techniques and
• available support following and emergency situation, including the
• psychological impact on children
• Duty of care requirements
• Respectful behavior towards a casualty
• Own skills and limitations
• Consent, including situations in which parental/caregiver consent is required
• Privacy and confidentiality requirements
• Importance of debriefing

Considerations when providing first aid including:

• Airway obstruction due to body position
• Appropriate duration and cessation of CPR
• Appropriate use of an AED, including placement of pads for adults and
• children aged older than 8 years old
• Specific considerations when using an AED on children aged between 1 and 8 years, including identification of AED with pediatric capability, pediatric voltage and use of pediatric pads
• Chain of survival
• Standard precautions
• How to conduct a visual and verbal assessment of the casualty

Principle and procedures for application of first aid management of the following scenarios:

• Abdominal injuriesAllergic reactions
• Anaphylaxis, including signs, symptoms and triggers and using different types of adrenaline auto injectors
• Asthma, including signs, symptoms and triggers and using different types of bronchodilators
• Basic care of a wound
• Bleeding control
• Burns
• Cardiac conditions, including chest pains
• Choking and airway obstructions
• Crush injuries
• Diabetes
• Dislocations
• Drowning
• Envenomation
• Environment impact, including hypothermia, hyperthermia, dehydration
• and heat stroke
• Eye and ear injuries
• Febrile convulsions
• Fractures
• Head, neck and spinal injuries
• Minor skin injuries
• Needle stick injuries
• Poisoning and toxic substances
• Respiratory distress
• Seizures, including epilepsy
• Shock
• Soft tissue injuries, including sprains and strains
• Stroke
• Unconsciousness

Basic anatomy and physiology relating to:

• How to recognise a person is not breathing normally
• Chest
• Infant respiratory systems and implications for provision of CPR
• Basic anatomical differences between adults and children, and the implications for provision of first aid
• Normal clinical values for children
• Response/consciousness
• Upper airway and effect of positional change

The simulated assessment environments will reflect the real-life working environment where these skills and knowledge would be performed, with all the relevant equipment and resources of that working environment. Skills must be demonstrated by the student working individually in an environment that provides realistic in-depth, industry-validated scenarios and simulations to assess students’ skills and knowledge.

It’s important that students have knowledge of the content of this course. The assessable practical skills are listed below.

You will be assessed on performing first aid scenario and task demonstrations for:

• DRSABCD & recovery position
• Infant CPR & Adult CPR & defibrillation
• Anaphylaxis & autoinjector
• Asthma & medication
• Choking
• Bleeding, shock, head injuries, fractures
• Envenomation – pressure immobilisation technique for a snake bite
• Febrile convulsion / seizures
• Verbal reporting, debriefing and evaluating

The following learning resources are provided to participants in this course.

• Online ‘Fun with First Aid’ Flipbook
• Adult and infant resuscitation manikins
• AED training device
• Adrenaline autoinjector training device
• Placebo bronchodilator and spacer device
• Roller and triangular bandages
• Workplace first aid kit
• Workplace injury, trauma and/or illness record, and/or other appropriate workplace incident report form