| Nationally accredited as: | Occupational First Aid | | National Codes: | HLTFA402B
HLTFA403A |
Participants will enhance first aid skills and knowledge to enable them to provide an advanced first aid response. They will also be able to establish and maintain facilities to enable or facilitate the provision of appropriate first aid in the workplace. | People and groups who should consider this level of first aid training are those who: | - who are ‘site’ First Aid responders
- people who have previously completed pre-perquisite training
- who may attend a first aid incident;
- people wishing to gain additional skills which may help toward future employment
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The training will assist learners to: - Establish, maintain and/or maintain a workplace first aid facility
- Manage first aid records
- Evaluate the provision of first aid in the workplace
- Restore and maintain equipment for future use
- Administer Oxygen
- Attach and operate an AED
- Prepare resuscitation equipment for use
- Apply bag and mask resuscitation techniques
- Operate suction equipment
Topics include:
Prevention of infection when giving first aid; DRABCD and Resuscitation review; Definition of terms in Automated External Defibrillation; Safety when using an AED; Preparation of the casualty prior to use of the AED; Use of the Soft Bag Resuscitator; Administration of Oxygen; Oxygen delivery systems; Oxygen powered resuscitation; Maintenance of Oxygen and AED equipment; medications; Pain management; Analgesia; trauma management; basic anatomy (body systems); clinical assessment; emotionally disturbed casualties; casualty suffering drug/alcohol abuse; burns; poisoning; moving the injured casualty; triage; bleeding and aseptic techniques; basic anatomy (muscular-skeletal system); fractures; chest injuries; crush injuries; head, neck and spinal injuries; abdominal injuries; Hot and cold injuries; eye injuries; medical conditions (review); Skin conditions; Post incident Management; Risk assessment in line with OHS legislation/regulations; designing and setting up a first aid room; management of first aid rooms, facilities and personnel; management of first aid documentation; planning a response to a major incident; role of the first aider; medications; manual handling; workplace safety; triage; a major incident scenario; debrief a major incident. | - Occupational First Aid is a program which includes 2 units of competency. HLTFA402B and HLTFA403A.
- As at 01 September, 2006, intending participants are not required to re-qualify in Senior/Apply First Aid prior to completing an Occupational First Aid course. If you maintain your Occupational First Aid credential you will not need to maintain an Apply First Aid credential, unless you choose to.
- Should your Occupational First Aid credential ‘lapse’ you will need to meet all pre-entry requirements if you choose to renew it some time in the future.
- The OFA program will refer to learning which is achieved during the completion of the course pre-entry standard, Apply first aid (or its equivalent). You will be asked to demonstrate skills or recall knowledge from Apply first aid levels.
- Due to the nature of practical exercises skirts or dresses are not considered appropriate.
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| Times: | Delivered over 5 days. 8:00am - 4:30 pm.
A lunch break of 45 minutes is programmed daily, lunch will generally be taken sometime between 12:00 midday and 1:30pm |
You should bring: - Notebook
- Pen/Pencil
- The completed workbook (which will be sent to participants prior to course commencement).
- A light jacket if you get cold in air conditioning
- Change of clothing and a towel
- A current Australian First Aid Manual. Note: Participants are strongly encouraged to contact Training Administration to purchase this item (if required).
Assessment: - Practical scenarios being conducted throughout the program using of observation checklists
- Individual and group based desktop/paper activities
- A supplementary assessment is offered to those learners who do not achieve the minimum pass score
To maintain proficiency and current competence at this level of first aid training, St John (NT) recommends re-validation every 3 years.
Other Related Content Course Dates HLTFA301B-Apply first aid HLTFA402B-Apply advanced first aid HLTFA403A-Manage first aid in the workplace Training Venues
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