Occupational First Aid Skill Set

Online pre-study

Practical face-to-face

Course Content

• Performance tasks and practical scenarios:
• Perform CPR on an adult (incl. single and two-rescuer CPR, using a bag-valve-mask, select and insert an appropriate airway adjunct, manage oxygen equipment and use an AED to deliver at least one shock)
• Place a casualty into the recovery position
• Complete a first aid incident report form based on a simulated first aid scenario
• Perform CPR on an infant
• Manage a casualty with anaphylaxis
• Manage a casualty with asthma
• Manage a choking casualty
• Manage a casualty with non-life-threatening bleeding and shock, requiring minor wound cleaning
• Manage a casualty with a nosebleed
• Manage a casualty with a fracture and dislocation
• Manage a casualty with a sprain and strain
• Manage a casualty with envenomation (snake/ funnel-web spider bite)
• Coordinate a multiple casualty incident
• Manage a casualty with a life-threatening bleed and provide oxygen
• Complete a first aid incident report form based on the life-threatening bleed scenario
• Maintain resuscitation equipment
• Conduct a workplace risk assessment
• Develop a first aid response plan including strategies for management of incidents
• Use a first-aid checklist to service a workplace first aid kit for supplies’ replacement and equipment maintenance