HLTAID006 Provide Advanced First Aid

Overview

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. Hltaid006 First Aid Course in Victoria.

Hltaid006 Course Duration

2 days in the classroom OR  1 day practical in the classroom with prior online learning

Pre-requisites

There are no pre-requisites.

Outcomes

Participants will receive a nationally recognized declaration of achievement in HLTAID006 Provide Advanced First Aid, valid for three (3) years from the date of completion, upon successful completion of the course. The Code of Practice and the Australian Resuscitation council proposes annual refreshment of cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills.

Entry Requirements

Students must be physically able to resuscitate by kneeling on the floor beside the casualty and performing two (2) minutes of continuous uninterrupted CPR on an adult and infant manikin placed on the floor.

Students under 18 years of age must submit a signed parental consent form before attending the course.

Learner Support and Reasonable Adjustment

Please contact us prior to enrolment if you have learning difficulties or any special needs or support requirements. This may include but not limited to language, literacy and numeracy skills or disabilities. It is important to note that there is a physical requirement to perform 2 minutes of uninterrupted CPR on the manikins placed on the floor in order for the successful completion of the course.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Recognition of prior learning is accessible to those who can provide additional evidence that they can demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and experience outlined by the unit. There is a requirement for currency in order to demonstrate skills like CPR.

Unique Student Identifier (USI)

When studying a nationally recognized training course in Australia, each student needs a Unique Student Identifier (USI) to acquire a certificate or qualification from their registered training organization.

A USI provides you with access to an online account that keeps all of your training record together, even if you switch places, alter training organizations or study at different times.

ASSESSMENT – THEORY – Multiple choice question paper

You will be assessed on:

State/Territory regulations, first aid codes of practice and workplace procedures:

• ARC Guidelines relevant to the provision of CPR
• Guidelines from 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:

• 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 of responsibilities of the first aider in the workplace regarding medication
• Privacy and confidentiality requirements
• Respectful behaviour towards a casualty

Considerations when providing CPR:

• 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 the 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 or 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:

• Abdominal injuries
• Allergic reaction
• Anaphylaxis
• Basic care of the wound
• Bleeding control
• Burns , Including thermal, chemical, friction and electrical
• Cardiac conditions, including chest pain
• Choking and airway obstruction
• Crush injuries
• Diabetes
• Dislocations
• Drowning
• Emergency childbirth
• Envenomation
• Environment impact, including hypothermia, hyperthermia, dehydrations 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
• Unconsciousness

Basic anatomy and physiology:

• How to recognise a person is not breathing
• Chest , skeleton, joints and muscles
• Response/consciousness
• Upper airway and effect of positional change
• Considerations in provision of first aid for specified condition

ASSESSMENT – PRACTICAL

Practical demonstrations

The simulated assessment environments will reflect the real-life working environment where these skills and knowledge would be performed, with all the relevant equipment and resources of that working environment.  Skills must be demonstrated by the student working individually in an environment that provides realistic in-depth, industry-validated scenarios and simulations to assess students’ skills and knowledge.

It’s important that students have knowledge of the content of this course. The assessable practical skills are listed below.

You will be assessed on responding to first aid scenario and task demonstrations for:

Adult CPR:

 Responded to a first aid scenario and performed at least 2 minutes of uninterrupted single rescuer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) (5 cycles of both compressions and ventilations) on an adult resuscitation manikin placed on the floor;

Infant CPR:

Responded to a first aid scenario and performed at least 2 minutes of uninterrupted single rescuer CPR (5 cycles both compressions and ventilations) on an infant resuscitation manikin placed on a firm surface;

Defibrillation:

Followed the prompts of an automated external defibrillator (AED)

Applied first aid procedures:

• Allergic reaction
• Anaphylaxis
• Bleeding control
• Choking and airway obstruction
• Conducted a basic triage for multiple casualty incident
• Envenomation (using pressure immobilisation)
• Fractures, sprains and strains (using arm slings, roller bandages or other appropriate immobilisation principles)
• Head, neck and spinal injuries (using immobilisation principles)
• Respiratory distress – including asthma
• Seizure
• Located and interpreted workplace policies and procedures

Course Resources

The following learning resources are provided to participants in this course.

• Adult and infant resuscitation manikins in line with ARC Guidelines for the purpose of assessment of CPR procedures
• Adrenaline autoinjector training device
• AED training device
• Bag-valve-mask
• Eye patch
• Placebo bronchodilator and spacer device
• Roller and triangular bandages
• Thermometer
• Triangular bandages
• Workplace first aid kit
• Workplace injury, trauma and/or illness record, and/or other appropriate workplace incident report form
• Wound dressings