Provide First Aid Training Course HLTAID011 (formerly Senior First Aid)

Undertaking and successfully completing the HLTAID011 Provide First Aid course will provide students with the following unit of competency:

HLTAID011 Provide First Aid

The HLTAID011 Provide First Aid course (formerly known as Senior First Aid) is the minimum competency required by Work Health & Safety Legislation for the workplace first aider, which is suitable for everyday emergency situations.

OHSA delivers this course for group bookings and in-house for companies wishing to put their staff through First Aid Training. Contact OHSA on 1300 647 200 to book training.

The unit of competency HLTAID011 incorporates content that are within the units provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (HLTAID009) and provide basic emergency life support (HLTAID010).

The following are some of the topics covered as part of this course:

• DRSABCD action plan
• Managing the unconscious, breathing casualty
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
• Choking
• Wounds and bleeding
• Burns
• Management of medical emergencies including chest pain, asthma, anaphylaxis, diabetes, strokes, seizures and hyperventilation
• Shock
• Heat and cold induced illness
• Safety and risk management
• Strains, sprains, dislocations and fractures
• Head, neck and spinal injuries
• Chest and abdominal injuries
• Facial and eye injuries
• Poisons
• Bites and stings
• Legal issues
• Infection control
• Defibrillation
• Emergency kits

To undertake this course, students need to have the ability to communicate in English, including the ability to read and comprehend instructions, as well as convey incident details to emergency response services.

Students must have sufficient physical ability to squat, kneel, bend, lift and carry objects and perform uninterrupted CPR continuously for 2 minutes on both an adult and infant mannequin on the floor during the practical scenarios.

Students will need to undertake and complete ‘pre-course’ learning via an online portal prior to attending the face to face component of the course and will need to submit a copy of their ‘Completion Certificate’ received online prior to attending the face to face component.

Students will require access to a computer, a reliable internet connection and a printer to complete the pre-course learning theory and print off the completion certificate.

For further information on this course call us on 1300 OHSA 00 (1300 647 200).

*The pre-course learning theory requires approximately 3-4 hours to complete.