Advanced First Aid

Course description

Advanced First Aid provides those who have prior first aid skills with refresher and advanced skills, including advanced life support, to help the ill or injured until medical aid arrives.

Course duration

Three days (24 hours)

Content

• Apply First Aid curriculum
• Advanced Resuscitation
• Automated External Defibrillation
• trauma management
• drug and alcohol abuse
• emotionally disturbed casualties
• lifting and moving a casualty
• first aid records
• multiple injuries
• multiple casualties
• first aid team work
• administration of analgesic gases (if authorised to use it)

Administration of Nitrous Oxide can be taught on request to authorised persons.

Prerequisites

An Apply First Aid certificate is required.

Minimum age for analgesic gases component it 18 years.

Materials provided

Australian First Aid manual, bandages.

Classes

Conducted at most St John training venues.

Certificate validity

Three years

One year for Advanced Resuscitation, AED, Analgesic Gas Administration and CPR

Price

$350 inc GST

Assessment

Theory: 30 multiple choice questions. Pass mark is 80%

Practical: CPR and advanced resuscitation skills, casualty management skills, administration of nitrous oxide, administration of methoxyflurane, use of automated external defibrillator, use of oxygen delivery systems.

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