Course Outline

The Advanced First Aid course conducted by SETS Enterprises is a nationally accredited course that is designed to provide students with the essential knowledge and skills to allow them to provide initial advanced care to casualties, across a variety of industries. The course covers the following broad areas:

DRSABCD and the guidelines set forth by the Australian Resuscitation Council.
Bag Valve Mask ventilation techniques.
Use of an Automatic External Defibrillator.
Visual and verbal assessment techniques.
Communication with a team of first aiders & other medical responders
Manual handling techniques.
Incident debriefing and evaluation.
Verbal and written incident reporting.
Triage of workplace incidents.

Initial care for the following injuries or medical conditions:

Respiratory distress, including asthma, choking, airway obstruction, allergic reaction & anaphylaxis
Bleeding control and basic extended wound care, burns and shock
Envenomation, using pressure immobilisation techniques
Environmental illnesses, hyperthermia and hypothermia
Fractures and possible spinal injuries, sprains and strains, using arm slings, roller bandages or other appropriate immobilisation techniques
Seizures

ON COMPLETION

Students who attend and successfully meet all assessment requirements of the course will receive a nationally recognised statement of attainment with the following unit of competency: HLTAID014 Provide Advanced First Aid. Attainment of this unit will also automatically include HLTAID011 Provide First Aid.

OTHER INFO

There is a maximum number of 10 participants per program.

To meet the course requirements, students must:

Have sufficient English language, literacy and numeracy skills to read instructions and write assessments
Be physically able to kneel and perform CPR on the floor, uninterrupted for at least 2 minutes (multiple times)
Provide their USI on enrolment
Provide proof of identity, e.g. drivers licence
Wear or bring long sleeve, long pants and closed in shoes