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Note: Not all locations offer online bookings for this course. For all availability, please call 1300 360 455 to secure your place.

St John CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) gives you the skills to perform CPR on a person who is unconscious and not breathing normally. You will have the knowledge and confidence to perform CPR on  an adult, child and infant, to describe alternative methods for delivering rescue breaths and how to manage a victim of drowning.

This course involves mandatory eLearning. 

COURSE OUTLINE

This course covers the following:

• - DRSABCD action plan and responding to emergency situations
• - Managing unconscious breathing casualties
• - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
• - Using a defibrillator (AED)
• - Legal issues in first aid
• - Infection control

CERTIFICATE

On successful completion of this course you will be issued a statement of attainment in:

• - HLTAID009 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation

St John recommends, as per the First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice and the Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines, that first aid skills are renewed every 3 years and resuscitation skills (HLTAID009/HLTAID015) are renewed every 12 months.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

A successful outcome for this statement of attainment will be determined by a range of different methods including written assessment, observation of simulated and practical activities etc.

You will be required to demonstrate CPR on a manikin on the floor.

Course Duration: 2 hours plus 30 minutes eLearning