Units of Competency

Topics Covered Include

• first aid codes of practice

• legal, workplace and community considerations including:

• duty of care requirements

• own skills and limitations
  

• consent and how it relates to the conscious and unconscious casualty

• privacy and confidentiality requirements

• considerations when providing CPR, including:

• appropriate duration and cessation of CPR

• appropriate use of an AED

• techniques for providing CPR to adults, children and infants
  

• considerations when providing first aid, including:

• assessment, interpretation and documentation of vital signs, including normal clinical values for respirations, temperature, pulse and level of consciousness

• basic triage processes

• procedures for first aid management when dealing with major and minor accidents in the workplace or site

• signs, symptoms and management of the following conditions or injuries:

• abdominal injuries
  

• life-threatening bleeding including use of tourniquets and haemostatic dressings

• burns

• cardiac conditions, including chest pain

• childbirth

• choking

• crush injuries

• diabetes

• drowning

• fractures, dislocations, strains and sprains

• head, neck and spinal injuries

• hypothermia

• hyperthermia

• poisoning

• seizures

• shock

• stroke

• substance misuse, including prescription and illicit drugs and alcohol