Have you never had to do first aid training before? Has your boss demanded you do a first aid course for your current job? Or have you discovered you need to be first aid trained to apply for a job?
If you’ve never done any first aid training before, you might be a little confused by all the different courses and their names and course codes.
So we've created this simple guide to first aid training. We've given each type of course a simple name you can easily understand - like CPR Training. Then we have added the formal course codes and course names in brackets in case you've been given specific instructions on which course to do and someone has told you a course code.
CPR Training – (HLTAID009 – Provide CPR).
This is the most “basic” course in First Aid Training. It teaches you how to perform Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) on someone and potentially save their life. It also trains you on how to use what is called a “defib” or “defibrillator” machine (actually an Automated External Defibrillator – AED). This course also forms the foundation of many more advanced First Aid courses and is incorporated into them.
Basic First Aid training – (HLTAID010 – Provide Basic Emergency Life Support).
This is the most “basic” course in First Aid training. It includes the CPR training as described above as well as some other “basic” first aid skills.
First Aid Training with CPR – (HLTAID011 - Provide First Aid Training including CPR).
This is the “next level up” from Basic First Aid training. It includes all the information you learn in the CPR course plus a much greater range of advanced first aid training for multiple different scenarios.
This has become the “default” first aid training level for the workplace. If you’ve been told you need “First Aid Training” for your job, this is most likely the course you need to do.
Education/Childcare First Aid – (HLTAID012 – Provide First Aid in an Education & Care Setting).
This is a specialised course, tailored for teachers, childcare workers, aged care workers etc. It includes CPR training and First Aid training but it incorporates additional specialised skills that are required when looking after children or the elderly such as what to do for an allergic reaction, when a child chokes or when an elderly person has a fall, etc
Asthma & Anaphylaxis First Aid – (22556VIC/22578VIC – Course in the Management of Asthma Risks and Emergencies in the Workplace & Course in First Aid Management of Anaphylaxis.)
This is a highly specialised course as you can probably tell because it has the longest title of any first aid course. The most important thing to know is that this course covers how to manage and respond to Asthma Risks in the workplace and how to apply first aid to someone having an Anaphylactic reaction, in great detail. Again it is highly recommended for staff in kindergartens, schools, sports clubs, etc
Do any course partially online or fully in-person
Many of these courses are tradiitionally done in a training centre under expert supervision. However now you can do most of your training online at home, and then finish off the course in a short face-to-face training session, often only 1 hour long.
This is called blended training and allows you to save time by doing some of your training in your own time through e-learning. It is also cheaper than regular first-aid training.
At Results First Aid Training we pride ourselves on making our training easy, friendly and informative. You can do any of the courses listed above with us, whichever way it suits you best.
You can do the blended training we just described, doing a part of the course at home and the rest in our advanced training centre in Truganina. Or you can come to our training centre and do your whole course in person. We even deliver training on-site to groups of 12 or more anywhere in Victoria.
To find out more about our courses or to book online, visit https://www.resultsfirstaid.com/courses