HLTAID010 - Provide Basic Emergency Life Support

Having the skills, knowledge and confidence to recognise and respond to life-threatening emergencies can save a persons life!

This HLTAID010 – Provide Basic Emergency Life Support First Aid course is essential for everyday life events, allowing you to provide immediate and effective basic emergency life support in line with legal, workplace and community considerations, Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines and other Australian national peak clinical bodies. Please note this course includes HLTAID009 – Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

This course will equip you with the skills, knowledge; and most importantly, confidence to assess the casualty, provide safety, access emergency services and use resources to provide first aid, such as providing CPR and using a defibrillator, administering an autoinjector for anaphylaxis, administering asthma medication, assisting smeone choking, managing casualities with non-life threatening bleeding and shock.

You will learn basic anatomy, physiology and the differences between adults, children and infants relating to CPR and the importance of the chain of survival. Also, conveying accurate details when handling the casualty over to emergency service, reviewing an incident to improve own skills and response times, recognise psychological impacts from the incident and seeking help as required.

The course is delivered in line with the Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines and applies to all workers or members of the community who may be required to provide CPR in the event of an emergency utilising experienced trainers with real world experience.

We provide the following methods of course delivery all with a fast certificate turnaround:

Face to Face: 4 hours (minimum) delivery, full face to face course.

Blended Delivery: 3 hours (minimum) face to face course with the addition of 1 hour self-paced learning to be completed prior to attending the face to face course.

Online delivery with face to face Practical Assessment: Self-paced enhanced online learning with a scheduled 35 minute face to face practical assessment.

This course is recommended for renewal every 3 years with the additional requirement of updating the CPR component every 12 months and is completely COVID compliant. 

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