HLTAID012 Provide First Aid in an education and care setting
(Formerly HLTAID004)
The friendly trainers at Skills Training College know how to make your first aid training session an experience you’ll enjoy. Choosing STC means a choice of training methods, the option of workplace training and same-day certificates, all at a great price.
Skills Training College (RTO#45654 | CRICOS #03884A) offers HLTAID012 Provide First Aid in an education and care setting course, which includes the following units:
This updated emergency first aid response course is for teachers, educators and childcare support staff. It supersedes the old HLTAID004 Emergency first aid response in an education and care setting. But it’s not only for educators – it’s also useful for members of community organisations such as sports clubs.
To make sure you know what to do in an emergency, you train with realistic equipment.
Adelaide - Grenfell Street Level 2, 45 Grenfell Street Adelaide 5000 Australia
HLTAID012 - Childcare First Aid & CPR
Sun, 19 Jun 2022 9:00am - 12:30pm
99.00
Choice of Emergency Response First Aid Course Delivery
Because good training is not ‘one size fits all’, Skills Training College offers a range of teaching methods. Each of these methods has elements that will appeal to different people. It means that you can choose whatever method suits your learning style best.
Where can emergency first aid response take your career?
Our emergency first aid response course is the latest nationally accredited qualification in this area. Most importantly, the course is a requirement for working in childcare. As well as basic first aid, the course also covers emergency first aid.
This course is perfect for educators, teachers and outside of school hours care (OSHC) workers who wish to become a:
WHS Representative
First Aid Officer
How do you deliver the emergency first aid response course?
This childcare and education first aid course can be in a classroom or at your workplace. The trainer goes through the course material with the group and you have to answer multiple-choice questions about it. To back up the theory, there are practical demonstrations. But it’s not just show and tell, with you getting hands-on training in using inhalers, EpiPens and defibrillators.
Before you attend the face-to-face training session, you must complete some pre-course reading and a quiz in your own time and at your own pace. We email you the quiz and reading material when you enrol.
Note: Please read the Skills Training College Student Handbook before enrolling.
What will you learn in the Provide First Aid in an education and care setting course?
This course teaches you basic first aid and how to respond in an emergency. To equip you for emergencies, there is training in how to perform CPR. This involves practising on 3 sorts of manikin – adult, child and infant. That is so you get useful and realistic training in the crucial differences between infants and adults. You will also use the manikins to learn about and practise using an AED defibrillator.
Bandaging Techniques
Apart from CPR, you will also learn how to to deal with bites and stings. For instance, these days you treat snakebite by putting on a pressure bandage, so we show you how, and get you to try it. The course also covers a range of other bandaging techniques for cuts and burns.
Practical Training
Because of the increase in asthma and allergies in children, the course also deals with these conditions. So you get practical training in the correct use of inhalers and EpiPens. We also explain what your legal obligations are and how to talk to someone during a medical crisis. The following list is just some of what the course touches on:
CPR for infants, children and adults
Safe work practices and minimising risks
Infection control
Duty of care
Respectful behaviour toward a casualty
Consent and confidentiality issues
Body position and airway obstruction
Correct use of an AED defibrillator, including placement of pads for adults and children
Conducting a visual assessment of the casualty
Dealing with abdominal injuries
Allergies
Anaphylaxis, and using adrenaline auto injectors (EpiPens)
Asthma, and using different types of bronchodilators (puffers)
Basic care of wounds
Bleeding control
Treating burns
Symptoms of heart attacks
Airway obstruction and preventing choking
Crush injuries
Diabetes
Dislocations
Drowning
Bites and stings
Dehydration and heat stroke
Eye injuries
Febrile convulsions
Fractures
Needle stick injuries
Toxic substances and poisoning
Seizures, including epilepsy
Shock
Sprains and strains
Stroke
Unconsciousness
Practical Assessment
We evaluate all learners on how they perform in simulated scenarios that test their skills in:
Performing CPR on adult, junior and infant manikins
Using an AED (defibrillator)
Dealing with choking by practising on manikins
Using an adrenaline auto-injector trainer (EpiPen trainer)
Bandaging methods such as the pressure immobilisation technique for snakebite
Using a placebo bronchodilator and spacer device for asthma
What are the childcare first aid entry requirements?
There are no formal academic requirements for Emergency first aid response in an education and care setting. The minimum age for first aid courses is 14, but anyone under 18 years old must provide signed consent from their parent or guardian.
Numeracy and Literacy
Skills Training College will determine whether you have the language, literacy and numeracy requirements needed for this course. You must be able to:
Fill in an incident report
Communicate effectively and assertively
Read and follow Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) guidelines
Students who fail the LLN assessment may still enrol in a course if a trainer endorses them and support strategies are in place.
Physical requirements
You’ll need to be able to kneel on the floor and perform CPR uninterrupted for at least 2 minutes.
Additional requirements for International Students:
Student visa holder who enrol in this course must also meet the following requirements:
Be in a principal course with registered CRICOS provider
Be on a student visa that allows enrolment to a secondary short course (students will be advised to consult with the Department of Home Affairs prior to enrolment)
Meet the minimum English language requirements as outlined in Migration (IMMI 18/015: English Language Tests and evidence Exemptions for Subclass 500 (Student) Visa) Instrument 2018
Before the course, you must complete some reading and a multiple choice quiz. As these are online, basic computer skills and access to the internet are essential.
What are the course fees?
The Emergency First Aid Response in an Education and Care Setting Course is available for only $149.
Please see Fees and Refunds Policy for more information.
What are the course pathways?
Additional training that complements the skills learned in this course is in the HLTAID013 Provide first aid in remote situations unit*
*This unit is not offered by Skills Training College.
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We email Childcare First Aid Statements of Attainment in HLTAID012 Provide First Aid in an education and care setting, (including HLTAID009 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation, HLTAID010 Provide basic emergency life support and HLTAID011Provide first aid) (T&C)