HLTAID014 – PROVIDE ADVANCED FIRST AID

COURSE SUMMARY

HLTAID014 – Provide Advanced First Aid teaches the skills and knowledge required to provide an advanced first aid response to multiple casualty incidents, having to move or extricate casualties, or treating potentially fatal illnesses and injuries that are high risk. It is imperative that training occurs to be able to know what to do when confronted with a real-life incident.

This course provides practical simulated real-life situations to learn and gain the confidence to coordinate and manage a response and provide advanced first aid in line with legal, community and workplace considerations, Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines and other Australian national peak clinical bodies until emergency services arrive. 

Instruction on basic first aid and CPR will be provided, as well as treatments specific to advanced conditions, such as hypothermia or hyperthermia, head, neck and spinal injuries, using tourniquets and haemostatic dressings for life-threatening bleeding and managing a casualty in shock.

HLTAID014 – Provide Advanced First Aid covers recording casualty condition, completing workplace incident documentation and debriefing for recognising areas for improvement, psychological impacts, and seeking help as required.

COURSE CONTENT

• Respond to an emergency situation
• Apply appropriate first aid procedures
• Coordinate first aid activities until arrival of medical assistance
• 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

• HLTAID014 – Provide Advanced First Aid
• 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

Please note there is a minimum of 4 students and maximum of 12 students per class.

COURSE DURATION (FACE TO FACE)

• Face to Face – 16 hours (minimum) – full face to face course
• Online training with face to face assessment – 6 hours (minimum) face to face assessment with the addition of 10 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.

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)
• Coordinate a multiple casualty incident

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
• Simulated First Aid Scenario – Manage a casualty with a life-threatening bleed

Documentation – The student must complete the following to the appropriate standard:

• Complete a first aid incident report form based on the adult CPR simulated first aid scenario
• Complete a first aid incident report form based on the life-threatening bleed first aid scenario

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