HLTAID012 – Provide First Aid in an Education and Care Setting
The HLTAID012 course provides practical training for workers within an education and care setting to respond to first aid emergencies in line with legal and workplace requirements, Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines and other Australian national peak clinical bodies.
It teaches how to identify illness or injury, access emergency services, safely provide first aid treatment using action plans, equipment and resources, for CPR, defibrillation, administering an autoinjector for anaphylaxis, administering asthma medication, immobilisation for envenomation, fractures, dislocations, sprains and strains, for bleeding and shock and other conditions.
You will learn basic anatomy, physiology and the differences between adults, children and infants relating to CPR, managing an infant or child with an acute illness, or who requires an immediate ambulance response and conveying incident details to parents, caregivers and emergency services.
The course covers completing incident documentation and debriefing for improvement of response, recognising psychological impacts, talking with children about their emotions and seeking help as required.
Some of the professions that may need the HLTAID012 certificate for their profession include:
- Teachers
- Childcare workers
The course comprises:
- Enhanced online learning
- Online multiple choice questions
- Brief face to face assessment
Assessment Activities
Performance tasks and practical scenarios –
- Simulated First Aid Scenario – Perform CPR on an adult (incl. the use of an AED and placing a casualty into the recovery position)
- Complete a first aid incident report form based on the simulated first aid scenario
- Perform CPR on a child
- Perform CPR on an infant
- Manage a casualty with anaphylaxis
- Manage a casualty with asthma
- Manage a choking casualty
- Manage a casualty with non-life-threatening bleeding and shock, requiring minor wound cleaning
- Manage a casualty with a nosebleed
- Manage a casualty with a fracture and dislocation
- Manage a casualty with a sprain and strain
- Manage a casualty with envenomation (snake/ funnel-web spider bite)
Theory assessment – A written assessment consisting of multiple-choice questions conducted online.
Adult CPR
Performing 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.
Certificates
Upon successful course completion students receive an Nationally Recognised First Aid certificate for:
- HLTAID012 Provide First Aid in an education and care setting – valid for 3 years from the date of issue
- HLTAID009 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation – valid for 12 months from the date of issue
- HLTAID010 Provide basic emergency life support – valid for 3 years from the date of issue
- HLTAID011 Provide first aid – valid for 3 years from the date of issue
Cost
$140 per person (with face to face assessment)
Course Time
Online training: up to 2 – 3 hours
Online assessment: about 30 mins
Face to face assessment: 60 minutes
Location
The assessments are normally in Heathcote or in location of choice for group bookings.
Unique Student Identifier (USI)
Completing any vocational education course in Australia, it is a requirement for you to obtain and supply a USI. This is obtainable from usi.gov.au If a USI is not supplied and verified with usi.gov.au a certificate cannot be issued to you.
If you are under 18 years of age
It is a requirement that parental/guardian consent is obtained for students under the age of 18 to be able to participate in a course.
Partnership with Allens Training Pty Ltd RTO 90909
Our Training and Assessment is delivered on behalf of Allens Training Pty Ltd RTO 90909.
Learners Rights, Responsibility and Support, Including Complaints and Refunds
See student handbook
Payment Terms
For individual bookings full payment is required prior to the commencement of the course. This is usually made using the online payment facility when making a booking. Group bookings can be invoiced for payment within 14 days.
Refund Policy
See Delivery and Refund Policy
Nationally Recognised Training
Training is delivered in partnership with Allens Training Pty Ltd RTO 90909.
You can access the Allens Training Student Handbook here.
Australian Resuscitation Guidelines
All our First Aid courses follow the Australian Resuscitation Guidelines which you can read more on here.