Provide Aid in an Education and Care Setting

This course provides you with the knowledge and training to provide first aid care in an education and childcare setting. It includes cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on adults and children and how to treat them when they are ill or injured including including asthma and anaphylactic emergencies.

It gives you the skills to take control and provide immediate help to a patient until the paramedics arrive.

You will learn how to manage a cardiac arrest, do CPR at the correct rate, use the AED, and treat a number of conditions including:

• Asthma (MDI)
• anaphylaxis (EpiPen
• bleeding
• choking
• snake and spider bite
• fractures, sprains, and strains
• shock
• head injuries
• poisoning
• seizures and convulsions, including febrile convulsions and epilepsy

You will also participate in a post-incident debrief and provide written workplace reports and a verbal report to the paramedics.

This will ensure you can provide the patient with the best opportunity to survive.

You can use these skills in your workplace, the home or in community settings.

This certification remains current for 3 years, you will need to complete refresher training every 3 years.

This course meets the requirements of approved first aid, asthma and anaphylaxis training under the Education and Care Services National Law, and the Education and Care Services National Regulations (2011).

Specific requirements, including requirements for refresher training, should be obtained from the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) and/or relevant state/territory Work Health and Safety Regulatory Authority.