Provide First Aid in an Education & Care Setting

Topics Covered

• Explore essential first aid topics including stress management techniques and support options post-emergency
• focusing on children’s psychological well-being.
• Understand the anatomical and physiological considerations for providing first aid to infants and children.
• Learn about the specific first aid requirements mandated by the Education and Care Services National Law.
• Acquire skills in managing a range of conditions such as
• abdominal injuries, chest injuries,
• allergic reactions, asthma,
• anaphylaxis, and more.
• bandages and slings
• handling fractures and dislocations,
• managing bleeding, burns, bites, and stings.
• Learn life-saving techniques like cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR),
• managing choking and spinal injuries,
• medical emergencies such as diabetes, drug overdoses,
• eye and head injuries, poisoning, and stroke
• Understand safety protocols for home and workplace environments, managing shock,
• treating sprains, strains, and bruising, responding to traffic accidents,
• providing care for unconscious casualties.
• Be prepared to take decisive actions in emergencies and effectively communicate when seeking assistance.

Performance tasks and practical scenarios:

• Demonstrate CPR procedures on an adult, including the use of an AED and placing the casualty into the recovery position.
• Complete a first aid incident report form based on a simulated emergency scenario.
• Perform CPR on a child.
• Perform CPR on an infant.
• Handle a child experiencing anaphylaxis.
• Handle a child experiencing an asthma attack.
• Assist a choking child and infant.
• Treat a child with non-life-threatening bleeding and shock, including minor wound cleaning.
• Assist a child with a nosebleed. Handle a child with a fracture and dislocation.
• Manage a child with a sprain or strain.
• Treat a child envenomated by a snake or funnel-web spider bite.