What’s The Difference Between The First Aid Training Courses?
There are so many different options with the new addition of an online first aid courses and face to face first aid training, so we understand that it can be quite confusing.
We have broken these down for you below, detailing what you learn, what’s the most common course and how long they take.
There are three main courses that most workplaces require.
Group First Aid Courses
Otherwise known as HLTAID011. this is the most popular and most requested course. It covers most industries and includes everything you need to know for most workplace first aid requirements.
With instruction and practical training in line with legal, workplace and community considerations, Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines and other Australian national peak clinical bodies, this first aid course teaches the skills and knowledge to recognise emergencies and provide immediate and effective first aid treatment to any person suffering a sudden illness or injury.
What the Provide First Aid training involves
The course covers assessing the casualty, providing safety, accessing emergency services, and using resources to provide first aid, such as providing CPR and using a defibrillator, administering an autoinjector for anaphylaxis, administering asthma medication, assisting someone choking, using appropriate immobilisation techniques for envenomation, fractures, dislocations, sprains and strains, managing casualties with non-life-threatening bleeding and shock.
You will learn basic anatomy, physiology and the differences between adults, children and infants relating to CPR, the importance of the chain of survival, written and verbal reporting of incident details, reviewing incidents to improve own skills and response times, to recognise psychological impacts, and seeking help as required.
This first aid course can be delivered in three different ways – durations are approximate.
- Full face to face version – 450 mins
- Online first aid enhanced version: 90% online/10% face to face – 360/90 mins
- Blended version: 20% online/80% face to face – 90/360 mins
The second most popular course is Provide CPR
Otherwise known as HLTAID009). This is the shortest course and concentrates purely on Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation, AED use which is an automated external defibrillator and personal protective equipment.
Cardiac arrest is a medical emergency that can lead to death. With urgent medical care to restart the heart, survival is possible.
Quick decision making is required to recognise and assess a cardiac emergency, call for medical assistance and perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) procedures which will increase the chance of survival for a person who is unconscious and not breathing normally.
What the CPR first aid training involves
In this CPR course, you will learn these skills, in line with the Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines, including using an automated external defibrillator (AED), how to rotate first aiders with minimal interruptions to compressions, and what to do if the casualty regurgitates or vomits.
The course also covers conveying accurate incident details when handing the casualty over to emergency services, how to review an incident, to recognise any psychological impacts on self and other rescuers, to seek help if required and for improvement of own personal skills and response times.
The Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation course (HLTAID009) is included in both Provide First Aid (HLTAID011) and Provide First Aid in an Education and Care Setting (HLTAID012). You may also see ‘CPR refresher’ course, this just means it is suitable for people who have done the course previously.
This CPR first aid course can be delivered in three different ways – durations are approximate.
- Full face to face version – 120 mins
- Online first aid enhanced version: 90% online/10% face to face – 70/20 mins
- Blended version: 20% online/80% face to face – 30/90 mins
The third first aid course that we run which is also very popular with childcare centres and schools is our Childcare First Aid.
This is officially known as Provide First Aid in an Education and Care Setting (HLTAID012)
This course provides practical training for workers within an education and care setting to respond to first aid emergencies in line with legal and workplace requirements, Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines and other Australian national peak clinical bodies.
What the Childcare First Aid training involves
It teaches how to identify illness or injury, access emergency services, safely provide first aid treatment using action plans, equipment and resources, for CPR, defibrillation, administering an autoinjector for anaphylaxis, administering asthma medication, immobilisation for envenomation, fractures, dislocations, sprains and strains, for bleeding and shock and other conditions. We talk about forst aid for schools specifically over on our blog.
You will learn basic anatomy, physiology and the differences between adults, children and infants relating to CPR, managing an infant or child with an acute illness, or who requires an immediate ambulance response and conveying incident details to parents, caregivers and emergency services.
The course covers completing incident documentation and debriefing for improvement of response, recognising psychological impacts, talking with children about their emotions and seeking help as required.
This first aid course can be delivered in three different ways – durations are approximate.
- Full face to face version – 540 mins
- Online first aid enhanced version: 90% online/10% face to face – 450/90 mins
- Blended version: 20% online/80% face to face – 120/420 mins
Can I do an online first aid course?
The good news is that you can do 90% of your first aid course online. This means that you can do it at home in your own time or at work, and in addition your face to face assessment is much shorter. With the Provide CPR course your assessment would only be 20 mins. It is important that the assessor can check your technique and make sure that your technique is sufficient.
The Provide First Aid and Childcare First Aid courses face to face assessments would be just 90 mins.
We would love to support your workplace with their first aid requirements. Check out our classes and contact us via our super quick (1 min) booking form. We will reply the same day with a quote and dates.
