Provide an

emergency first aid response in an education and care setting

HLTAID004

Benefits

This qualification applies to educators and support staff working within an education and care setting who are required to respond to a first aid emergency, including asthmatic and anaphylactic emergencies.

Coursework and Assessment

This course is a competency-based training program. 

Units covered in this course

• Basic Life Support (DRSABCD) CPR and AED

• Shock Management

• Basic anatomical differences between adults and children, and the implication for the provision of First Aid  

• First Aid techniques as they relate to children

• Airway Management - Asthma, Choking

• Severe Allergic Reaction, Hyperventilation, Anaphylaxis

• Cardiac Emergencies, Seizures and Convulsions

• Bleeding and Wound Care

• Burns and Scalds, Eye and Ear injuries

• Extremes Heat and Cold

• Musculoskeletal Injuries

• Envenomation, Poisons and Toxic Substances

• Needle Stick Injuries, Bites and Stings

• Abdominal Injuries