HLTAID009 – Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in line with the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) guidelines.

This unit applies to all persons who may be required to provide CPR, in a range of situations, including community and workplace settings.

Equip yourself to handle life-threatening emergencies through our interactive Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training. This hands-on course provides essential knowledge and skills to maintain circulation in adults, children or infants in cardiac arrest to dramatically increase survival rates. In addition to practising CPR and using a defibrillator, delve into the legal aspects of CPR and familiarise and practice applying the basic life support action plan.

Specific licensing/regulatory requirements relating to this competency, including requirements for refresher training should be obtained from the relevant national/state/territory Work Health and Safety Regulatory Authorities.

HLTAID009 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation, valid for 12 months

Total Course Fees: $90

• Tuition Fees: $0
• Registration Fees: $0

There are no pre-requisites for this unit of competency.

• 18 years of age or over
• Australian/New Zealand citizen or permanent Australian resident.
• Have a valid Driver’s Licence, Photo Card
• Meet prescribed Language, Literacy and Numeracy requirements.
• Applicants should have basic knowledge of computer including MS Office skills (Word, Excel and Power Point).
• Bring your own device (BYOD)-All learners are expected to bring their own laptop with the Windows 7 operating system or higher. The College premises are equipped with high-speed Wi-Fi for the students’ usage.
• Pre-Training Review- All prospective students (the candidates) are interviewed through Phone or zoom and will have the course explained to them by a Student Services Officer. The purpose of this interview is to ensure the candidate understands the commitment of signing up to the course, entry requirements, course outcomes, and what is expected of the student during their studies with SkillWise Training. The review also aims to identify training needs through questions on previous education or training, relevance of the courses to learner and relevant experience

Students must attend all training sessions.

This course presents the following key skills and knowledge:

• Recognise and assess an emergency situation
• Ensure safety for self, bystanders and casualty
• Assess the casualty and recognise the need for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
• Seek assistance from emergency services
• Perform CPR in accordance with the ARC guidelines
• Display respectful behaviour towards casualty
• Operate an automated external defibrillator (AED) according to manufacturer’s instructions
• Accurately convey incident details to emergency services
• Report details of incident in line with appropriate workplace or site procedures
• Maintain privacy and confidentiality of information in line with statutory or organisational policies
• Recognise the possible psychological impacts on self and other rescuers and seek help when required
• Contribute to a review of the first aid response as required

Before starting this course, you will be required to complete a Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) questionnaire. This quick questionnaire is used to determine your LLN skill level so that we can best support you in your studies.

All the sessions are planned to ensure that you have a mixture of practical and theoretical components, and those classes cater for a wide variety of learning styles.

Students are required to attend 2 hours of online training session through LMS Moodle prior to attending 6 hours of face-to-face training and assessment sessions.

Classroom settings will ensure full access to internet, whiteboards and trainer and assessor.

Students will be provided their learning and assessment materials through LMS, that they will use to develop their knowledge and understanding. All students will be provided with a range of learning support options and resources to help them achieve competency.

Assessment will be conducted individually/in groups. You will be provided with a Student Assessment Booklet for each unit of competency which includes:

Formative assessment

Is provided through class activities and observation.

Summative Assessment

All summative assessments are based on the principles of competency-based training and assessment. Students will be assessed in both theory and simulated practical skills.

A final summative assessment is conducted and recorded in the Assessment Kit.

You will be required to complete assessments in class.

All students will complete a language literacy and numeracy assessment upon enrolment to determine their learning support needs. All students will be provided with a range of learning support options and resources to help you achieve competency.

Where additional support needs have been identified an Individual Support Plan will be developed which may include:

• Mentoring from trainers
• Additional classes, tutorials, and workshops
• Computer and technology support
• Referral to external support services
• Reasonable adjustment to assessments

Provision of additional support services will be provided where necessary to enable students to participate in the same way as any other person regardless of whether support services have been required.

SkillWise Training does not offer Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for this course. Due to the duration and cost of this short course, RPL assessment would have limited value to participants

The assessment criteria require students to demonstrate the ability to correctly perform at least 2 minutes of uninterrupted CPR on an adult manikin placed on the floor.

If you have a limitation that would affect your ability to complete the course, please call to discuss prior to booking.

At the Completion of this unit, Students will be awarded with a “Statement of Attainment” which will include the details of the Units of Competency that student has achieved competency after completing this.

For more information, please contact our friendly Student Support Officer at 03 9967 0737 or email your query at info@skillwisetraining.edu.au