Nationally Accredited High-Quality First Aid Training in Mildura

The HLTAID010 provides a basic emergency life support course comprising practical and face-to-face training hours. Providing public and private training throughout Australia and New Zealand, Healthcorp’s professional industry trainers will teach you the knowledge, skills, and confidence to respond to or manage an emergency. Learn to assess and provide first aid support to the sick and injured or the confidence to supervise the management and information control of workplace work, health, and safety requirements.

The HLTAID010 Provides basic emergency life support training and the necessary skills required to provide a first aid response, including life support, managing any casualties on the scene, and managing other first aiders. This course is recommended for those in charge of first aid in the workplace. The course comprises practical training plus face-to-face training hours.

The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in this unit's elements and performance criteria, manage tasks, and manage contingencies in the workplace or community setting. There must be evidence that the candidate has completed the following tasks in line with State/Territory regulations, first aid codes of practice, first aid guidelines determined by the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) and other Australian national peak clinical bodies and workplace or site procedures:

Followed DRSABCD in line with ARC guidelines, including:

• Manage the unconscious, breathing casualty, including appropriate positioning to reduce the risk of airway compromise.
• Manage the unconscious, non-breathing adult, including:
• Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on an adult resuscitation manikin placed on the floor. 
• Follow a single rescue procedure, including demonstrating a rotation of operators with minimal interruptions to compression.
• Follow the prompts of an automated external defibrillator (AED) to deliver at least one shock.
• Responded appropriately in the event of regurgitation or vomiting.
• Handing over to emergency services
• Providing an accurate verbal report of the incident
• Reviewing the incident
• Manage the unconscious, non-breathing infant, including:
• Single rescuer CPR (5 cycles, compressions, and ventilations) on an infant resuscitation manikin placed on a firm surface.

Applied first aid procedures for the following:

• Anaphylaxis
• Asthma
• Non-life-threatening bleeding
• Choking
• Shock

Responded to at least one simulated first aid incident contextualised to the candidate’s workplace or community setting, where the candidate does not know the casualty’s condition before starting treatment, including:

• Identifying the casualty’s illness or injury through history, signs and symptoms
• Using personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Providing appropriate first-aid treatment
• conveying incident details to emergency services or advising casualty on any required post-incident action
• Providing an accurate verbal report of the incident
• Reviewing the incident.

This course provides the skills and knowledge required to provide first aid to a casualty(s) in a remote or isolated situation.

Overview:

This training is suitable for individuals, companies, and organisations. It will give participants the knowledge and skills to make them confident and competent to provide effective first-aid management to a casualty in their care for up to 72 hours. The course will overview the Advanced First Aid competencies and adapt them to the remote environment. There is also a practical component to put theory into practice. This is done by setting participants with wounds in scenarios and getting others to treat them.

• Prerequisites: Students must be 16 years or older.
• Nominal Duration: Normally runs over 3 days, but this is reduced to 2 days with an online pre-learning module completed before reviewing the background theory component. We then do an overview of the content, combining it with the practical components with scenario-based exercises to complete the course over the 2 days.
• Criteria: Practical Assessment and Short Answer Quiz Nationally Recognised
• Training: The course is nationally recognised through inclusion on the National Training Register.
• Legislative Requirements: Legislative approval is valid for 3 years from completion. Annual refreshers are recommended.

Notes: Training consists of practical exercises in sometimes difficult countries. As the conditions dictate, participants must wear appropriate clothing for the practical scenarios, including wet weather gear.

Incorporates Provide First Aid components and expanding their knowledge base covering Oxygen Therapy, Common Sports related injuries, Manual handling injuries, Disturbed behavior, Emergency Child Birth, and Diving Injuries. This course can be adapted to incorporate Analgesia administration accreditation. It is 3 days duration, but can be shortened with the use of the flexible delivery mode (2 Days).

Course Content:

• Includes all the Apply First Aid competencies

• Extending Casualty Assessment skills and Patient/Incident Triage

• Advanced Resuscitation – Oxygen Therapy Techniques

• Common Sporting Injuries

• Manual Handling

• Managing Disturbed Behaviour

• Emergency Child Birth

• Diving Emergencies

Advanced resuscitation certification is a National Accredited course for the use of Oxygen in the First Aid pre-hospital setting. The participants will learning the safe use of Medical Oxygen. 

Oxygen Therapy modes of delivery. Resuscitation on the non-breathing casualty using Oxygen therapy via Bag/Valve/Mask resuscitation. 

Insertion of an oral airway and suctioning. 

And oxygen therapy via a therapy mask for the breathing casualty.

The accreditation is valid for 12 months.

The HLTSS00068 Occupational First Aid Skill Set course provides a set of skills to establish, maintain and facilitate the provision of appropriate first aid in a workplace environment, including the skills to provide an emergency first aid response in the event of an emergency.

The HLTSS00068 Occupational First Aid Skill Set course comprises four (4) different First Aid courses – and meets industry requirements to perform the role and responsibilities required of an Occupational First Aider.

The comprehensive course training comprises pre-course learning and practical training plus face-to-face training hours within the scope of learning each of the below courses.

• HLTAID011 Provide first aid.
• HLTAID014 Provide advanced first aid.
• HLTAID015 Provide advanced resuscitation and oxygen therapy*
• HLTAID016 Manage first aid services and resources.

Note: Units marked with* have prerequisite HLTAID011- Provide First Aid.

UETDRRF004 Perform Rescue from a Live LV Panel and HLTAID009 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation will provide you with the skills and knowledge to manage a casualty involved in performing a rescue from a live LV panel. In an emergency where the casualty requires CPR, you or your employees will have the life-saving skills to manage the situation until emergency services arrive.

Healthcorp’s WorkCover recognised LVR training course, UETDRRF004 Perform Rescue from a Live LV Panel and HLTAID009, Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation and give you the knowledge, skills, and training to perform a rescue from a live LV panel. Students will undertake two units of competency – CPR and LVR. The unit UETDRRF004 performs recovery from a Live LV Panel, and HLTAID009 Provides cardiopulmonary resuscitation and covers rescue procedures from live Low Voltage (LV) apparatus, not including overhead lines and underground cables in the workplace. It specifies the mandatory requirements of rescue from a live LV panel and how they apply in the context of transmission, distribution, or rail work functions. It encompasses responsibilities for health, safety and risk management processes at all operative levels and adherence to safety practices as part of the normal way of doing work. Upon completing the course, participants will be issued a Statement of Attainment for the nationally accredited course – HLTAID009 Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and UETDRRF004 Perform Rescue from a Live LV Panel.

HLTAID009 Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

• Recognising an emergency
• Identifying, assessing and minimalising immediate hazards
• Seeking assistance from emergency response services
• DRSABCD action plan
• Respond to signs of an unconscious casualty.
• Perform CPR in line with ARC guidelines.
• Infection control
• Demonstrate the use of AED.
• Provide an accurate verbal report of the incident.

UETDRRF004 Perform Rescue from a Live LV Panel

• Prepare to perform rescue procedures from live LV panel.
• Instruction in hazards and risk control measures for specific work functions and work areas are identified and obtained. (This will include the risk assessment and control measures taken by the individual performing the rescue).
• Electricity isolation point is identified and labelled where appropriate. Tools and emergency equipment are checked for safety functionality and placed in an accessible location to facilitate response and rescue according to established procedures.

Carry out rescue from live LV panel.

• Workplace procedures and work instructions for controlling risk are followed.
• Where necessary, workplace procedures for accessing and isolating the LV panel and removing the victim from contact with live apparatus are followed.
• Workplace procedures for applying CPR at the site and gaining access to treatment by a medical professional, if necessary, are followed.
• The work site is secured, and entry controlled until appropriate authorities inspect and release the site.

Complete the LV panel rescue procedure.

Processes for reporting accidents or incidents to authorised personnel are confirmed in accordance with established procedures.

The PUAEME005 Provide pain management course covers the skills and knowledge required to administer restricted analgesics to provide pain management as part of a medically supervised first responder organisation. It includes identifying the need for analgesia; accessing, preparing, and administering restricted pain relief such as analgesics and aspirin according to medically endorsed protocols; performing casualty handovers; and completing analgesic use requirements.

This training applies to personnel from emergency services, volunteer organisations or organisations that provide a medically supervised first aid service. Licensing requirements for the storage and administration of drugs may apply.

• Accessing and preparing appropriate dosage of analgesic, including checking for contraindications and precautions before administering and identifying appropriate use of the analgesic drug for the casualty
• Applying Work, Health and Safety (WHS)/Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) requirements.
• Communicating with casualty to provide comfort and instruction about the analgesic drug
• Completing written logs and documentation
• Complying with legislation and industry standards
• Following medically endorsed protocols.
• Identifying situations for the use of analgesic drugs during first aid
• Monitoring casualty whilst the analgesic drug is administered, including assessing vital signs including level of consciousness, breathing rate, pulse rate, skin colour and temperature.
• Reporting casualty condition and analgesic administration during handover
• Requesting ambulance or medical assistance
• Safely administering the analgesic drug
• Safely securing analgesic drugs in a storage facility

This course is designed for the public to recognise the signs and approach and guide someone experiencing mental health issues to appropriate help. Like traditional first aid, this course does not train individuals to treat or diagnose mental or drug use disorders. Rather, it provides training for individuals on appropriate communication skills and how first to support and guide someone experiencing mental health concerns and to seek professional assistance.

After working through this course, participants should be able to describe and demonstrate:

Recognise the burden of mental ill health in Australia.

Recognise the signs, symptoms, and circumstances of those struggling with their mental health.

Use effective communication skills to assist someone struggling with their mental health.

Provide appropriate external and internal resources to assist those with Mental Health difficulties.

Establish and maintain personal boundaries while helping.