HLTAID010 - Provide basic emergency life support

Having the skills, knowledge, and confidence to recognise and respond to life-threatening emergencies can save a person’s life!  

In this first aid course, you will learn these first aid skills in line with legal, workplace and community considerations, Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines and other Australian national peak clinical bodies.  

The course covers assessing the casualty, providing safety, accessing emergency services, and using resources to provide first aid, such as providing CPR and using a defibrillator, administering an autoinjector for anaphylaxis, administering asthma medication, assisting someone choking, managing casualties with non-life-threatening bleeding and shock.

You will learn basic anatomy, physiology and the differences between adults, children and infants relating to CPR, and the importance of the chain of survival. Also, conveying accurate details when handing the casualty over to emergency services, reviewing an incident to improve own skills and response times, recognise psychological impacts from the incident, and seeking help as required.

Unit Delivered

The following units will be identified on your certificate: 

• HLTAID009 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation

• HLTAID010 Provide basic emergency life support

This course is delivered and assessed on behalf of Allens Training Pty Ltd RTO 90909

Certificate Renewal Requirements 

HLTAID010 Provide Basic Emergency Life Support has an industry recommended renewal period of 3 years 

HLTAID010 - Provide Basic Emergency Life Support

Entry Requirements

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

HLTAID010 - Provide Basic Emergency Life Support

Course Duration

Please note, course durations can vary for multiple reasons, so the durations below are the minimum possible duration. 

Capital WHS primary delivery method

• Refresher Face to Face contact time of at least 3 Hours

• Online with face-to-face assessment Face to Face contact time of at least 40 Mins

Alternative delivery methods to be 

• Blended Face to Face contact time of at least 3 Hours

• Face-to-Face Face to Face contact time of at least 4 Hours

HLTAID010 - Provide Basic Emergency Life Support

Assessment Requirements

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

Assessment Activities

Offsite online theory approx. 2 hrs. (to be finalised prior attending onsite face to face assessment).

Onsite Theory Assessment:

• Populate required attendance information

• Populate and sign course declaration form

Onsite performance Tasks and Practical Scenarios:

• Perform CPR on an adult (incl. the use of an AED and placing a casualty into the recovery position)

• 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

Equipment: 

• Adult and infant resuscitation manikins

• Adrenaline auto injector training device

• Placebo bronchodilator and spacer device

• Workplace first aid kit

• Different types of wound dressings and bandages

• Blankets and items to treat for shock

• Personal protective equipment (PPE)

• Automated external defibrillator (AED) training device