HLTAID011 – PROVIDE FIRST AID

COURSE SUMMARY

HLTAID011 – Provide First Aid will allow you to develop skills and knowledge and most importantly, confidence, to provide first aid treatment to any person suffering a sudden illness or injury.  You will develop the skills to preserve life, prevent the condition from worsening and promote recovery.  It includes initial intervention in a casualty with a serious condition prior to professional medical help being available, such as performing CPR while awaiting an ambulance, as well as the complete treatment of other less serious conditions, such as applying water for burns or assisting someone choking.

Providing effective, lifesaving first aid interventions requires instruction and practical training.  This is especially true where it relates to potentially fatal illnesses and injuries, such as those that require cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or involve severe bleeding. These procedures carry a risk of further injury to the casualty and the first aider.  As with any training, it is more useful if training occurs before being confronted with an actual real-life situation.

The course is delivered in line with the Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines and applies to all workers or members of the community who may be required to provide CPR in the event of an emergency.

The course covers assessing the casualty, providing safety, accessing emergency services, and using resources to provide first aid, such as providing CPR and using a defibrillator, administering an autoinjector for anaphylaxis, administering asthma medication, assisting someone choking, using appropriate immobilisation techniques for envenomation, fractures, dislocations, sprains and strains, managing casualties with non-life-threatening bleeding and shock.

You will learn basic anatomy, physiology and the differences between adults, children and infants relating to CPR, the importance of the chain of survival, written and verbal reporting of incident details, reviewing incidents to improve own skills and response times, to recognise psychological impacts, and seeking help as required.

This first aid course is essential for everyday life events, allowing you to provide immediate and effective first aid to workers or others who have been injured or become ill at the workplace or at home.

COURSE CONTENT

• Respond to an emergency situation
• Apply appropriate first aid procedures
• Communicate details of the incident
• Review the incident

PROVIDER OF TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT

This course is delivered and assessed on behalf of Allens Training Pty Ltd RTO 90909 by ERT Rescue Group Pty Ltd.

Important information prior to enrolment

UNIT BEING DELIVERED

The following unit(s) will be awarded to successful participants in this course. The certificate will be issued by Allens Training Pty Ltd RTO 90909. To view full unit details please visit www.training.gov.au

• HLTAID011 – Provide First Aid
• HLTAID010 – Provide Basic Emergency Life Support
• HLTAID009 – Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation   

RECERTIFICATION

Participants are required to re-certify every 3 years from their completion date to maintain currency. Note: HLTAID009 – Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation participants are required to re-certify every 12 months from their completion date to maintain this units’ currency.

COURSE DELIVERY

This course will be delivered:

• In the workplace or at an ERT Rescue Group Pty Ltd training facility
• Online learning with face to face assessment

COURSE DURATION (FACE TO FACE)

• Face to Face – 7.5 hours (minimum) – full face to face course
• Blended delivery – 6 hours (minimum) face to face course – with the addition of 2-hours self-paced learning to be completed prior to attending the face to face course
• Refresher training – 6 hours (minimum) – conditions apply for this option, for example, you will need to provide previous current certificates
• Online training with face to face practical assessment – 30 minutes (minimum) face to face assessment with the addition of 5.5 hours of self-paced learning to be completed prior to attending the face to face course

WORK PLACEMENT ARRANGEMENTS

No work placement arrangements will be required as part of this course

LEARNERS RIGHTS, RESPONSBILITIES AND SUPPORT, INCLUDING COMPLAINTS

Please note that enrolment to this course is made with Allens Training Pty Ltd RTO 90909. Please refer to the student handbook located on the RTO website for all details relating to rights and responsibilities including complaints and appeals.

COURSE FEES AND PAYMENTS

• Please refer to our booking calendar for individual course fees
• Refund and fee protection policy – Please refer to the student handbook
• Payment Terms – Payment for individual participants is upfront, group booking payment terms are based on agreement between the client and service provider.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Participants must be physically able to provide first aid and respond to an emergency situation where there may be risk to life. Participants must have the physical capacity to perform 2 minutes of uninterrupted CPR on the floor. 

For the online delivery, all self-paced online learning must be completed prior to attendance at the face to face practical assessment.

PREREQUISITES

There are no prerequisites for this unit

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE COURSE?

ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS

Individuals undertaking this course will be expected to complete both written and practical assessment tasks. These are detailed in the sections following.

ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES

Assessments conducted during face-to-face training session(s) include:

Performance tasks – The assessor must observe the following performance tasks:

• Manage a casualty with anaphylaxis
• Manage a casualty with asthma
• Manage a choking casualty
• Manage a casualty with non-life threatening bleeding and shock, requiring minor wound cleaning
• Manage a casualty with a nosebleed
• Manage a casualty with a fracture and dislocation
• Manage a casualty with a sprain and strain
• Manage a casualty with envenomation (snake/funnel-web spider bite)

Practical scenarios – The assessor must observe the following practical scenario:

• Perform CPR on an adult (including the use of an AED and placing a casualty into the recovery position)
• Perform CPR on an infant

Theory assessment – A written assessment consisting of multiple-choice and short answer questions. The student must complete all assessment questions.