Apply First Aid Course

(formerly Senior First Aid)

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Description:
This unit of competency (HLTFA201A) describes 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. This course was previously known as Senior First Aid, Workplace Level 2 or Level 2 qualification. This is the advised minimum requirement by Workplace Health & Safety Legislation for the workplace first aider.

Course overview:
Legal issues
Infection control
DRABCD Action Plan
Managing the unconscious casualty
Resuscitation
Defibrillation information
Choking
First aid kits
Shock
Wounds & bleeding
Burns
AsthmaA
naphylaxis
Safety & injury prevention
Fractures
Sprains, strains & dislocations
Head, neck and spinal injury
Chest and abdominal injuries
Facial injuries
Heat & cold induced illness
Poisons, bites and stings
Diabetes and seizures

Course outcome:
On successful completion, trainees will receive a Nationally recognised Statement of Attainment.

Course length:
8 hours classroom face to face plus home study - 14 nominal hours.

Course locations:
Eagle Farm, West Burleigh, Ipswich, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba, Gladstone, Cairns, Townsville, Mackay.

Course Schedule:
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Minimum Requirements:
Intermediate level of numeracy, literacy and communication skills
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A Safer Workplace

 Many businesses are required to give employees training in first aid, and there are many benefits of having employees complete training such as CPR and injury prevention.

In the case of an emergency in the workplace, the more employees who are first-aid trained the better the chance that one will be present if an accident occurs. If there is an accident, an employee who has received first aid training may be able to prevent further injury.

Employees who are first-aid trained are also more likely to be more knowledgeable and conscious of safe behavior in the business environment, thus preventing injuries in the first place.

Did you know?

The instances of recorded first aid were provided by religious knights, such as the Knights Hospitaller, formed in the 11th century, providing care to pilgrims and knights, and training other knights in how to treat common battlefield injuries.

The practice of first aid fell largely in to disuse during the High Middle Ages, and organized societies were not seen again until in 1859 Henry Dunant organized local villagers to help victims of the Battle of Solferino, including the provision of first aid. Four years later, four nations met in Geneva and formed the organization which has grown into the Red Cross, with a key stated aim of "aid to sick and wounded soldiers in the field".

This was followed by the formation of St. John Ambulance in 1877, based on the principles of the Knights Hospitaller, to teach first aid, and numerous other organization joined them, with the term first aid first coined in 1878 as civilian ambulance services spread as a combination of 'first treatment' and 'national aid' in large railway centres and mining districts as well as with police forces. First aid training began to spread through the empire through organisations such as St John, often starting, as in the UK, with high risk activities such as ports and railways.

Many developments in first aid and many other medical techniques have been driven by wars, such as in the case of the American Civil War, which prompted Clara Barton to organize the American Red Cross.Today, there are several groups that promote first aid, such as the military and the Scouting movement. New techniques and equipment have helped make today’s first aid simple and effective.