HLTAID006 Provide Advanced First Aid
Course Summary
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide an advanced first aid response, including management of the incident and other first aiders, until the arrival of medical or other assistance.
The unit applies to workers who may be required to provide, coordinate and manage a first aid response across a range of complex situations, including community and workplace settings
This unit is nationally accredited.
HLTAID006 Provide Advanced First Aid
It is recommended that participate holding this certificate renew their skills and knowledge every 3 years
There are no barriers to entry on the grounds of age, gender, political or cultural background.
Entrants to the course are best equipped to successfully undertake the training if they have language, literacy and oracy skills that align to Level 3 of the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF).
In addition, it is recommended that entrants have current competency in Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
Method: Face to Face
Duration: 2 Days
- State/Territory regulations, first aid codes of practice and workplace procedures including:
- ARC guidelines relevant to provision of CPR and first aid guidelines of Australian national peak clinical bodies
- safe work practices to deal with risks and potential hazards including manual handling, hazardous substances, dangerous goods and chemicals
- infection control principles and procedures, including use of standard precautions
- requirements for currency of skill and knowledge
- legal, workplace and community considerations including:
- awareness of potential need for stress-management techniques and available support following an emergency situation
- capabilities of emergency management services
- consent
- duty of care requirements
- importance of debriefing
- own skills and limitations
- legal requirements of administration of medication and the rights and responsibilities of the First Aider in the workplace regarding medication
- privacy and confidentiality requirements
- respectful behaviour towards a casualt
- considerations when providing first aid including:
- airway obstruction due to body position
- appropriate duration and cessation of CPR
- appropriate use of an AED
- assessment and interpretation of vital signs, including respirations, temperature and pulse
- chain of survival
- how to conduct a visual and verbal secondary survey assessment of casualty
- priorities of management in first aid when dealing with life-threatening conditions
- procedures for dealing with casualties who are aged or infirmed
- procedures for dealing with major and minor accidents in the workplace
- procedures when providing first aid to children
- standard precautions
- principles and procedures for first aid management of the following scenarios, including complications:
- abdominal injuries
- allergic reaction
- anaphylaxis
- basic care of a wound
- bleeding control
- burns, including thermal, chemical, friction and electrical
- cardiac conditions, including chest pain
- choking and airway obstruction
- crush injuries
- diabetes
- drowning
- emergency childbirth
- envenomation
- environmental impact including hypothermia, hyperthermia, dehydration and heat stroke
- eye and ear injuries
- febrile convulsions
- head, neck and spinal injuries
- levels of consciousness
- needle stick injuries
- poisoning and toxic substances
- respiratory distress, including asthma
- seizures, including epilepsy
- shock
- skin injuries
- soft tissue musculoskeletal, including injuries including sprains, strains, dislocations and fractures
- stroke
- substance misuse, including common drugs and alcohol, including illicit drugs
- basic anatomy and physiology relating to:
- how to recognise a person is not breathing normally
- chest, skeleton, joints and muscles
- response/level of consciousness
- upper airway and effect of positional change
- considerations in provision of first aid for specified conditions
Assessment of competency must include practical demonstration in conjunction with theory assessments.
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