HLTAID011 - Provide First Aid

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, incl the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills in the context of the workplace or community setting:
*evidence of the tasks in line with State/Territory regulations, first aid codes of practice, first aid guidelines determined by the ARC & other Australian national peak clinical bodies & workplace or site procedures:

*managed, in line with ARC guidelines, the unconscious, breathing casualty including appropriate positioning to reduce the risk of airway compromise & non-breathing adult, incl:

• performing 2 minutes of uninterrupted single rescuer cardiopulmonary resuscitation on an adult resuscitation manikin placed on the floor
• following the prompts of automated external defibrillator to deliver at least one shock
• demonstrating a rotation of single rescuer operators with minimal interruptions to compressions
• responding in event of regurgitation or vomiting
  *managed, in line with ARC guidelines, the unconscious, non-breathing infant, incl:
• performing 2 minutes of uninterrupted single rescuer CPR on an infant resuscitation manikin placed on a firm surface
  *managed casualties, with the following:
• anaphylaxis; asthma; non-life-threatening bleeding; choking
• envenomation, using pressure immobilisation
• fractures, dislocations, sprains & strains,
• minor wound cleaning & dressing; nosebleed; shock

*responded to one simulated first aid incident contextualised to the candidate’s workplace or community setting, where the candidate has no knowledge of the casualty’s condition prior to starting treatment, incl:

• identifying the casualty’s illness or injury
• using PPE
• providing first aid treatment
• conveying incident details to emergency services or advising casualty on required post incident action
• providing an accurate report of the incident & reviewing it.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
*guidelines & procedures including:

• ARC guidelines relevant to first aid
• first aid guidelines from Australian national peak clinical bodies
• potential incident hazards & risk minimisation processes when providing first aid
• infection control procedures, including use of standard precautions & resuscitation barrier devices
• currency of skill & knowledge
• first aid codes of practice
• appropriate procedures relevant to the provision of first aid
• contents of first aid kits
  *legal, workplace & community considerations incl:
• duty of care
• own skills & limitations
• consent & how it relates to the conscious & unconscious casualty
• privacy & confidentiality
• awareness of potential need for stress management techniques & available support for rescuers
  *considerations when providing CPR, incl:
• upper airway & effect of positional change
• duration & cessation of CPR
• use of an AED
• safety & maintenance procedures for an AED
• chain of survival
• how to access emergency services
  *techniques for providing CPR incl:
• to recognise that a casualty is unconscious & not breathing normally
• rate, ratio & depth of compressions & ventilations
• correct hand positioning for compressions
• basic anatomy, physiology & the differences between adults, children & infants relating to CPR
  *signs, symptoms & management of all kinds of conditions and injuries.