HLTAID011 - Provide First Aid

With instruction and practical training in line with legal, workplace and community considerations, Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines and other Australian national peak clinical bodies, this first aid course teaches the skills and knowledge to recognise emergencies and provide immediate and effective first aid treatment to any person suffering a sudden illness or injury. 

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, using appropriate immobilisation techniques for envenomation, fractures, dislocations, sprains and strains, 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, the importance of the chain of survival, written and verbal reporting of incident details, reviewing incidents to improve own skills and response times, to recognise psychological impacts, 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

• HLTAID011 Provide First Aid.

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

Certificate Renewal Requirements 

• HLTAID009 Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation has an industry recommended renewal period of 12 months

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

• HLTAID011 Provide First Aid has an industry recommended renewal period of 3 years

HLTAID011 - Provide First Aid

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.

HLTAID011 - Provide First Aid

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 6 Hours

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

Alternative delivery methods to be 

• Blended Face to Face contact time of at least 6 Hours

• Face-to-Face Face to Face contact time of at least 8 Hours

HLTAID011 - Provide First Aid

Assessment Activities

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

Onsite theory, 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 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)

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

• Workplace incident/injury reporting documentation