This course teaches the skills and knowledge required to a provide first aid response in an education or care setting until help arrives.

This course is designed for employees of early learning and child care centers, carers, school teachers, sporting club trainers and parents and family with children. This course meets the requirements of the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA).

During the online pre-learning and interactive hands on training participants will learn all the content of HLTAID001 Provide CPR as well as:

• perform effective CPR on an adult, child and infant resuscitation mankin
• respond to an allergic and anaphylactic reaction
• manage respiratory distress including asthma
• conduct basic wound care
• treat severe bleeding
• manage burns
• respond to a cardiac arrest emergency
• respond to choking and airway obstruction
• manage convulsions, epilepsy and seizures
• care for bites, fractures, sprains and strains
• respond to head injuries
• manage poisoning
• manage shock

A full description of the course content and assessments can be found via the Allens Training Pty Ltd Website. Click here for more information.

Please note that part of the assessment for HLTAID001 Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation involves performing at least 2 minutes of uninterrupted single rescuer CPR on and adult resuscitation manikin placed on the floor.

Students must be able to kneel or position themselves appropriately on the ground to accomplish appropriate rate and depth of compressions to meet assessment requirements.