Provide Advanced First Aid

HLTAID014

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. It is relevant to workers who may be required to provide, coordinate, and manage a first aid response across a range of complex situations.

Course Overview

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:

Assessing an emergency and conducting a basic triage for multiple casualties
Airway & breathing management, including choking and airway obstruction
Single-rescuer or two-rescuer Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation techniques (CPR), including the use of a Bag-Valve Mask (BVM), on a child and adult casualty
Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
Medical conditions including cardiac events, diabetes, andepilepsy
Infection control and first aid for minor wounds
Allergic reactions, Anaphylaxis and Asthma
Administration of auto injectors
Control of major external bleeding and shock
Wound management, including haemostatic dressings and application of a tourniquet
Management of near drowning, hyperthermia and hypothermia
Burns and electrical shock
Eye and soft tissue injuries, fractures, and spinal injuries, incorporating spinal immobilisation
Venomous bites and sting
Head, chest, and abdominal injuries
Assessment of the sick and injured, including taking vital signs
Communicating details of an incident, including handover to the ambulance and reporting requirements
Evacuation of a casualty
Debriefing and evaluation of response to critical incidents

Course Duration

Option 1 – 16 hours (2 x 8-hour days) classroom training and assessment with online module questions
Option 2 – 10 hours classroom training with online lectures, theory, and module questions
Option 3 – 24 hours (3 x 8-hour days) full face-to-face training and assessment

Enrol in Provide Advanced First Aid

Complete our short enquiry form and one of our team will get in touch to discuss the course and your goals, and answer any questions you may have.

Prefer the phone? 1300 808 322

Course Dates

Provide Advance First Aid courses, are held at AMR college, 91 Kurrajong Ave, Mount Druitt.

All courses commence at 0800.

Course dates:

20th April 2023

11th May 2023

8th June 2023

20th July 2023

24th August 2023

26th September 2023

17th October 2023

7th November 2023

5th December 2023

Assessment Methods

Progressive assessment throughout the course, including demonstration of practical skills and written and oral questions relating to underpinning knowledge. Students must be able to demonstrate CPR on a manikin placed on the ground to be competent in this course.

Course Cost

$290 / $170 / $495

Prefer the phone? 1300 808 322

Course Cost Overview

Option 1 – 16 hours (2 x 8-hour days) classroom training and assessment with online module questions
Option 2 – 10 hours classroom training with online lectures, theory, and module questions
Option 3 – 24 hours (3 x 8-hour days) full face-to-face training and assessment

Included in this cost, you receive access to our online student portal for the pre-course work, bestselling first aid emergency manual, training and assessment, HLTAID014 Statement of Attainment incorporating HLTAID011 & HLTAID009, face shield, and the student activity workbook to complete on the training day.

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Ready to enrol in the Provide Advanced First Aid

Complete our short enquiry form and one of our team will get in touch to discuss the course and your goals, and answer any questions you may have.

Prefer the phone? 1300 808 322