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HLTAID012 - Provide First Aid in an education and care setting

This course contains HLTAID009 - Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

$180 per person

Empower Your Skills: First Aid for Education and Care Settings

When working in education and care, knowing how to respond to emergencies is essential. This specialized First Aid course equips you with practical skills to manage a range of situations confidently, all in line with legal and workplace requirements, Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines, and other national clinical standards.

What You’ll Learn:

  • Identify and assess illnesses and injuries in children and adults.

  • Safely provide first aid using action plans, equipment, and resources.

  • Perform life-saving techniques, including:

    • CPR and defibrillation

    • Administering an autoinjector for anaphylaxis and asthma medication

    • Immobilizing injuries such as fractures, sprains, strains, and dislocations

    • Managing bleeding, shock, and other conditions

You’ll also build essential skills to:

  • Understand basic anatomy and physiology, including differences between adults, children, and infants.

  • Respond to infants and children with acute illnesses or those needing immediate ambulance care.

  • Communicate effectively with parents, caregivers, and emergency services to convey accurate incident details.

The course also covers important post-incident skills, including:

  • Completing detailed incident documentation and debriefing to improve your response.

  • Recognizing psychological impacts on yourself, colleagues, and children.

  • Talking to children about their emotions during and after emergencies.

  • Seeking help or support as needed.

This course is ideal for anyone working in education or care settings who wants to feel confident, prepared, and capable in any emergency. Suitable for Childcare Centres, Childcare workers, Schools, School Teachers.
Our Childcare First Aid Course is tailored to your needs.

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Childcare First Aid Courses

Location: Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains.
Enroll today to gain the knowledge and confidence to make a difference when it matters most! The course is designed specifically with Childcare First Aid in mind.

  • The following units will be included in your certificate:

    • HLTAID012 - Provide First Aid in an education and care setting

    • HLTAID009 - Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation

    • HLTAID010 - Provide basic emergency life support

    • HLTAID011 - Provide First Aid

  • This course can be delivered/assessed in the workplace or at facility organised by the training provider.

  • Course durations can vary for multiple reasons, so the durations below are the minimum possible amount.

    • Refresher Face to Face contact time of at least 7 Hours

    • Blended Face to Face contact time of at least 7 Hours

    • Face-to-Face Face to Face contact time of at least 9 Hours

    • Online with face-to-face assessment Face to Face contact time of at least 1 Hour

  • Participants must have the physical capacity to perform the practical demonstrations, such as 2 minutes of uninterrupted CPR on the floor and performing rescue breathing techniques on manikins.

    Online study:  Students must have access to a computer, smartphone, tablet or other electronic devices with access to the internet to complete the online/ pre-course studies.

  • Individuals undertaking this course will be expected to complete both written and practical assessment tasks.

  • This certificate has an industry recommended renewal period of 36 months

  • Please note that enrolment to this course is made with Allens Training Pty Ltd RTO 90909. Please refer to the student handbook located on the RTO website allenstraining.com.au (https://allenstraining.com.au/students/student-handbook) for all details relating to rights and responsibilities including complaints and appeals.

  • Performance tasks and practical scenarios:

    • 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 child casualty with anaphylaxis

    • Manage a child casualty with asthma

    • Manage a choking child and infant casualty

    • Manage a child casualty with non-life-threatening bleeding and shock, requiring minor wound cleaning

    • Manage a child casualty with a nosebleed

    • Manage a child casualty with a fracture and dislocation

    • Manage a child casualty with a sprain and strain

    • Manage a child casualty with envenomation (snake/ funnel-web spider bite)

    Theory assessment: A written assessment consisting of multiple-choice questions.