HLTAID012 Provide First Aid in an education and care setting
HLTAID011 Provide First Aid
Application and Relevance
This course applies to educators and support staff working in education or children’s services who are required to respond in the event of a first aid emergency. It incorporates the skills and knowledge required to provide a first aid response to infants, children and adults. It also accords with training recommended by Work Health and Safety Authorities to meet WHS legislative requirements for first aid in the workplace.
Description
8 hours face-to-face classroom training and assessment with 4.5 hours online/workbook pre-work
Course Content
This course provides the skills and knowledge required to provide first aid response, life support,
management of casualty(s), the incident and other first aiders until the arrival of medical or other assistance.
Topics include:
+ Differences between adults and children for provision of first aid
+ Normal clinical values for children
+ Childhood illnesses
+ Airway management, including infant airway
+ CPR for adults, children and infants
+ Automated External Defibrillation
+ Anaphylaxis emergency response
+ Asthma emergency response
+ Medical conditions including diabetes and epilepsy
+ Infection control and First Aid for minor wounds
+ Bleeding, fractures, burns and other trauma
+ Hyperthermia and hypothermia
+ Soft tissue injuries
+ Venomous bites and stings
+ Head, neck and spinal injuries
+ Communicating details of an incident
+ Reporting requirements in education and children’s services
+ Debriefing and evaluation of response to critical incidents
Entry Requirements
There are no prerequisite units. Participants will need the ability to meet the physical demands of providing first aid.Participants will also need oral communication skills to make an accurate verbal report to emergency services and writing skills to complete incident reports and other first aid management documentation. Prior to the start of face-to-face training, there may be a short knowledge quiz to check language, literacy and numeracy skills, as required.
Assessment Methods
Progressive assessment throughout the course, including demonstration of practical skills and written and oral questions relating to underpinning knowledge. Note that the provision of CPR must be demonstrated on the floor.
Student information
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