HLTAID012 Provide First Aid in an education and care setting

First Aid Content and Outcomes

Throughout this course, we will assess you on:

• Your understanding of (Knowledge/theory):
  • Australian Resuscitation Council Guidelines
  • Australian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy Action Plans
  • Safe Work Australia Code of Practice
  • Incident hazard and risk minimisation processes
  • Infection control procedures
  • Workplace or site first aid procedures
  • First aid kit contents
  • Education and Care Services National Law
  • State Education and Care Services Regulations
  • First aider Duty of Care requirements
  • First aider requirements for the currency of skill and knowledge
  • First aider skill and knowledge limitations
  • First aid parent/guardian consent
  • First aid privacy and confidentiality requirements
  • Stress management techniques and available support for rescuers and children
  • The effect of positional change during CPR
  • The appropriate duration, hand placement, compression/ventilation cycles and cessation of CPR
  • AED use on children
  • AED safety and maintenance procedures
  • Chain of survival
  • Accessing and handing over to emergency services
  • Assessing the level of consciousness for infants and children
  • Basic anatomical differences and first aid considerations between infants, children and adults
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for allergic reaction
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for anaphylaxis
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for asthma
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for non-life-threatening bleeding
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for breathing difficulties
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for burns
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for choking
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for diabetes
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for drowning
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for envenomation
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for eye injuries
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for febrile convulsions
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for fever
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for fractures
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for dislocations
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for sprains
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for strains
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for head injuries
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for neck injuries
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for spinal injuries
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for hypothermia
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for hyperthermia
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for minor wounds
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for pain
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for shock
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for nosebleed
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for poisoning
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for seizures
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for vomiting
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for diarrhoea
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and childcare first aid management for a sick infant or child
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and first aid management for sharps injuries
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and first aid management for stroke
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and first aid management for cardiac conditions, including chest pain
  • Identification of signs and symptoms and first aid management for life-threatening bleeding
  • Childcare first aid emergency action plans for asthma
  • Childcare first aid emergency action plans for anaphylaxis
  • Childcare first aid emergency action plans for seizure/epilepsy

• Your ability to provide effective first aid to (Practical/skills):
  • An unconscious, non-breathing adult and child (CPR, AED)
  • A regurgitating or vomiting unconscious adult and child (recovery position)
  • An unconscious, non-breathing infant (CPR)
  • An unconscious, breathing infant (open airway)
  • A child with anaphylaxis (ASCIA Emergency Action Plan, Epipen)
  • A child with asthma (ASCIA Emergency Action Plan, inhaler, spacer device)
  • A child with non-life-threatening bleeding (bandage dressing)
  • A child in shock (reassuring them, monitoring body temperature)
  • A child who is choking (back blows, chest thrusts)
  • A child who has been bitten by a snake (Pressure Immobilisation Technique)
  • A child with a fractured arm (bandage, sling)
  • A child with a dislocated shoulder (cold compress)
  • A child with a sprained ankle (RICER)
  • A child with a nosebleed (apply pressure, lean forward)
• We will also assess you on your ability to:
  • Identify when to provide CPR.
  • Follow DRSABCD protocol
  • Complete an incident report
  • Handover to emergency services

Eight New First Aid Units of Competency Released

• HLTAID009 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation – sometimes referred to as CPR (supersedes HLTAID001 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation)
• HLTAID010 Provide basic emergency life support – sometimes referred to as BELS (supersedes HLTAID002 Provide basic emergency life support)
• HLTAID011 Provide First Aid – sometimes referred to as First Aid (supersedes HLTAID003 Provide first aid)
• HLTAID012 Provide First Aid in an education and care setting – sometimes called Childcare first aid (supersedes HLTAID004 Provide an emergency first aid response in an education and care setting)
• HLTAID013 Provide First Aid in a remote or isolated site (supersedes HLTAID005 Remote first aid)
• HLTAID014 Provide Advanced First Aid (supersedes HLTAID006)
• HLTAID015 Provide advanced resuscitation and oxygen therapy (supersedes HLTAID007)
• HLTAID016* Manage first aid services and resources (supersedes HLTAID008)

*Please note First Aid Pro Adelaide does not currently offer this unit