First Aid Course

Accredited to Australian Standards

This course teaches the fundamental principles, knowledge and skills to enable the first aider to provide emergency care for injuries and illnesses, in the home or the workplace.

Course content

• chain of survival
• assessing the situation
• signs of life
• performing CPR
• demonstrate use of an automated external defibrillator
• care of the unconscious person
• special techniques for children and Infants
• CPR in special circumstances
• breathing emergencies including choking and asthma
• cardiac emergencies
• severe allergic reaction
• shock
• bleeding and wound care
• burns and scalds
• extremes of Heat and Cold
• poisoning
• altered conscious states
• bites and stings
• musculoskeletal injuries
• infection control
• reporting procedures

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course. Current industry standard is for this course to be updated every 3 years with the CPR component being updated every 12 months.