Provide Advanced First Aid
HLTAID014 Provide Advanced First Aid
The next level — advanced techniques including triage, catastrophic bleed management and secondary surveys.
Book NowOnline pre-course training is required (~3 hours).
Delivered over 2 days covering theory and practical skills, with an assessment to pass.
Provides a high level of knowledge and skills in First Aid principles — advanced techniques to manage first aid situations until medical assistance arrives. Learn to manage a scene and monitor a casualty, assess and manage a catastrophic bleed with a tourniquet or haemostatic dressing, and assess basic life support including CPR and defibrillation. Covers adult and child conditions.
Training and assessment are done on behalf of ABC First Aid, RTO 3399.
Learning Objectives
Managed unconscious, non-breathing adult and infant
- Single- and two-rescuer CPR on an adult manikin
- CPR on an infant manikin
- AED shock; regurgitation; operator rotation
Responded to two simulated incidents (one medical, one trauma)
- Identify illness/injury via history, signs and symptoms
- PPE, secondary survey, vital signs, level of consciousness
- Appropriate treatment; hand over to emergency services; accurate report; review
Coordinated a team for a multiple-casualty incident
- Basic triage, effective use of resources and planning
- Moving casualties with a suitable extraction method and safe manual handling
Applied first aid procedures for
- Life-threatening bleeding (tourniquets, haemostatic dressings)
- Anaphylaxis, asthma, choking, envenomation
- Fractures, dislocations, sprains and strains
- Minor wound cleaning and dressing, nosebleed, shock
Prerequisites
No prerequisites. Minimum age 14.
Important: To issue an accredited certificate, CPR must be performed on the floor with no exemptions.
Clothing: Wear comfortable casual clothing — the practical demonstrations may involve bending, kneeling and lying on the floor. Pants and flat shoes are recommended.
Learn more about the Australian Government’s competency and assessment requirements: HLTAID014.