How Long Does a First Aid Course Take?
How long is a first aid course?
There are many different answers to this question, so we set out in the article to clarify how the accredited first aid courses are facilitated and how long each one takes, whether you attend face to face or complete some of the course online.
There are three main courses that are facilitated nationwide. There are many more available but these are the main ones.
The three courses are:
- HLTAID009 Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- HLTAID011 Provide First Aid
- HLTAID012 Provide First Aid in an Education & Care Setting
The Provide First Aid HLTAID011 also includes Provide basic emergency life support HLTAID010 and Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation HLTAID009
Provide first aid HLTAID003 has now been superceded by Provide first aid HLTAID011.
The Provide First Aid in an Education & Care Setting HLTAID012 includes Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation HLTAID009, Provide Basic Emergency Life Support HLTAID010 and Provide First Aid HLTAID011.
Commonly there are now options to complete some of the first aid courses online and attend a portion of the class as a face to face assessment.
The HLTAID011 assessment answers a lot of questions about the first steps in first aid and what you need to consider in an emergency.
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Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation HLTAID009
This certificate can be facilitated in four different ways to enhance your skills and knowledge regardless of how you learn best.
- 100% face to face
- This takes 2 hours as a full face to face course. All of the admin, question papers and practical CPR and defibrillation assessments are in person at a pre-arranged venue.
- The blended version
- This takes 90 minutes and is where a small portion of the class is pre-online learning (around 30 minutes) and the remainder is a face to face assessment
- Enhanced version
- This version takes just 30 minutes for the face to face assessment but around 1-1.5 hours of online pre-learning..
- 100% online course
- The entire course is run online. 1-1.5 hrs of the learning is pre-online self-paced learning, and there will then be a 20 min live online zoom call where our trainer will assess you for completing 2 mins of CPR via zoom. This method can be a little more complicated to facilitate as the manikin (and any other resources needed) have to be delivered to the learner and picked up or sent back again.
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Provide First Aid HLTAID011
This certificate can also be facilitated in four different ways.
- 100% face to face
- This takes 7.5 hours as a full face to face course. All of the admin, question papers and practical CPR and defibrillation assessments are in person at a pre-arranged venue.
- The blended version
- This takes 6 hours and is where a small portion of the class is pre-online learning (around 1.5 hours) and the remainder is a face to face assessment
- Enhanced version
- This version takes just 1-2 hours for the face to face assessment but around 4-6 hrs of online pre-learning.
- 100% online course
- The entire course is run online. 4-6 hrs of the learning is pre-online self-paced learning, and there will then be a 1-2 hour live online zoom call where our trainer will assess you for completing 2 mins of CPR via zoom. This method can be a little more complicated to facilitate as the manikin (and any other resources needed) have to be delivered to the learner and picked up or sent back again.
As you can see, the Provide First Aid HLTAID011 is a much more comprehensive course, covering:
- Assessment of the casualty
- Creating a safe environment for the casualty
- Calling emergency services
- Sourcing resources to provide first aid
- Providing CPR
- Recovery position
- Using a defibrillator
- Administering an autoinjector for anaphylaxis
- Administering asthma puffers with a spacer
- How to help someone who is choking
- Pressure immobilisation technique for envenomation
- Support for fractures, dislocations, sprains and strains
- Managing casualties with non-life-threatening bleeding and shock.
- You will learn basic anatomy and physiology
- The important differences in first aid between adults, children and infants
- CPR on infants, children & adults
- The chain of survival
- Reporting of incident details,
- Recognising the psychological impact of an emergency situation and trauma
- Seeking the appropriate help
How Long Does A First Aid Course Take?
Provide First Aid in an Education & Care Setting HLTAID012
This certificate can also be facilitated in four different ways.
- 100% face to face
- This takes 9 hours as a full face to face course. All of the admin, question papers and practical CPR and defibrillation assessments are in person at a pre-arranged venue.
- The blended version
- This takes 7 hours and is where a small portion of the class is pre-online learning (around 1.5 hours) and the remainder is a face to face assessment
- Enhanced version
- This version takes just 1-2 hours for the face to face assessment but around 4-6 hrs of online pre-learning.
- 100% online course
- The entire course is run online. 7 hrs of the learning is pre-online self-paced learning, and there will then be a 2 hours live online zoom call where our trainer will assess you for completing 2 mins of CPR via zoom. This method can be a little more complicated to facilitate as the manikin (and any other resources needed) have to be delivered to the learner and picked up or sent back again.
The Provide First Aid in an Education & Care Setting HLTAID012 also includes everything that the HLTAID011 teaches plus some additional modules around child-specific conditions in anaphylaxis and asthma. This course will ensure that you respond with the appropriate first aid response in an emergency situation in an education and care setting.
Our courses are comprised of first aid questions and first aid practical training.
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