This course describes the skills and knowledge required to provide an advanced first aid response to a casualty in line with first aid guidelines determined by Australian national peak clinical bodies.
The unit applies to all persons who may be required to provide an advanced first aid response in a range of situations, including community and workplace settings.
Advanced First Aid Course covers:
Medical emergencies can happen at any time — at work, at home or in the community. HLTAID014 Provide Advanced First Aid builds on general first aid skills and provides you with the knowledge, practical skills and confidence to respond to a broad range of serious and complex first aid emergencies.
The course covers the assessment and management of casualties experiencing injuries and medical emergencies such as cardiac arrest, severe bleeding, anaphylaxis, asthma, shock, stroke, seizures, fractures, burns, head and spinal injuries, poisoning and environmental emergencies.
You will also develop the advanced skills required to manage more complex first aid situations, including coordinating a first aid response, managing multiple casualties, using available first aid resources and equipment, monitoring casualties, communicating with emergency services and providing ongoing care until responsibility is transferred to appropriate medical professionals.
The target learner for this course is an individual who may be required to provide, manage or coordinate an advanced first aid response in the workplace, community or recreational settings. This may include designated workplace first aiders, supervisors and team leaders, workers in higher-risk or remote environments, sporting and community organisation personnel, volunteers, and individuals whose role may involve responding to serious or complex medical emergencies. The course is also suitable for those seeking to extend their skills beyond standard first aid and gain a nationally recognised advanced first aid qualification for employment, professional development or personal preparedness.
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This is a blended course with self-paced online learning and face-to-face training. Before attending the face-to-face training, learners will need to complete their e-Learning and knowledge assessment. This can be done in one sitting or over several sessions.
Depending on the learner’s prior knowledge and pace, they should allow up to 4 hours for e-Learning and Knowledge Assessment. The face-to-face training and practical assessment takes approximately 15 hours in a classroom environment.
HLTAID014 Provide Advanced First Aid is offered as a private group course, with training scheduled at a date and time suitable for your organisation.
Training can be delivered at your workplace or another suitable venue by arrangement.
To discuss your training requirements, available dates or to request a quote, please contact Highlands Training Solutions.
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Prospective learners must meet the following:
– Prospective learners must be at least 18 years of age at the time of enrolment.
– Applicants under 18 years of age are not eligible to enrol in Highlands Training Solutions courses.
– Prospective learners must possess basic digital skills and have access to a computer, tablet or smartphone with internet access to complete the online learning and knowledge assessment. Prior to commencing training, Highlands Training Solutions will undertake a Language, Literacy, Numeracy and Digital (LLND) skills review to determine whether the course is suitable for the prospective learner and to identify any reasonable support that may assist successful participation.
– Prospective learners must have sufficient language, literacy, numeracy and digital skills to access the online learning, read and interpret first aid information, complete assessment activities and communicate effectively in simulated emergency situations. Where the LLND skills review identifies that additional support may be required, Highlands Training Solutions will discuss reasonable support strategies with the learner, provided these do not compromise the requirements of the training product. If, following the review, Highlands Training Solutions determines that the learner is unlikely to successfully complete the course, even with reasonable support, the learner will be advised before enrolment proceeds.
The assessment in support of the unit of competency requires the learner to complete a written knowledge assessment and each candidate to demonstrate skills in an environment that provides realistic in-depth, scenarios and simulations to assess candidates’ skills and knowledge.
The learner must answer all the written knowledge questions correctly. There is the opportunity for this knowledge assessment to be conducted verbally if the learner requires this level of support.
The practical assessment is conducted under controlled conditions both in a classroom and outdoors. Evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this course in the context of the workplace or community setting.
On successfully completing the training and assessment you will be issued a Statement of Attainment issuing you the units of competency:
These units of competency are nationally recognised and provides individuals with a valuable outcome that is recognised throughout Australia.
The Safe Work Australia Code of Practice: First Aid in the Workplace recommends that refresher training in CPR be undertaken annually and that first aid qualifications be renewed every three (3) years. In line with this guidance, it is recommended that HLTAID009 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation be refreshed every twelve (12) months, and that HLTAID010 Provide Basic Emergency Life Support, HLTAID011 Provide First Aid and HLTAID014 Provide Advanced First Aid be refreshed every three (3) years. As HLTAID014 includes the CPR competency, learners should complete a standalone HLTAID009 CPR refresher annually and undertake the full HLTAID014 Provide Advanced First Aid course every three (3) years to maintain current skills and meet industry best practice. Learners working in regulated sectors, such as education and care, should note that annual CPR currency may be a mandatory regulatory requirement rather than a recommendation, and should confirm their specific obligations with their employer or the relevant regulator.
Online learning plus face-to-face classroom training and assessment
Elective Units
Learner training is supported through the provision of quality learning materials and resources. All equipment and consumables are supplied as part of the course.
Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable, casual clothes and sensible shoes.
This course involves hands-on practical training and assessment, so learners need to be physically able to take part in every activity.
You’ll be required to demonstrate practical first aid skills, including at least 2 minutes of uninterrupted single-rescuer CPR and 2 minutes of uninterrupted two-rescuer CPR on an adult manikin on the floor, at least 2 minutes of CPR on an infant manikin on a firm surface, applying a tourniquet and haemostatic dressing to control life-threatening bleeding, coordinating a team response to a multiple-casualty incident, and responding appropriately in simulated emergency scenarios.
Because of this practical focus, learners need to be able to kneel on the floor, sustain physical effort throughout CPR, and carry out first aid procedures for the full duration of the assessment.
If you have any concerns about your ability to meet these physical requirements, please contact us before enrolling so we can discuss your circumstances and any reasonable adjustments that may be available, provided these don’t compromise the core requirements of the training.
