First aid

This is an advanced program designed for workplace First Aiders and those who manage First Aid facilities. The program covers a range of First Aid management issues for example, the Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Act and the 'First Aid in the Workplace ' Code of Practice, accident and First Aid records and personal hygiene techniques. The program also considers management of spinal injuries, poisons and hazardous chemicals, the administration of medications and also explores issues such as dealing with soft tissue injuries and fractures, burns and electric shock, exposure to extremes of temperature and advanced airway management.

• Occupational Health & Safety Act (2004)
• The role of the Occupational First Aider
• Emergency Life Support
• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
• General health effects of occupational hazards
• First Aid management of exposure to hazardous chemicals
• First Aid room facilities
• Register of Injuries
• Administration of medications
• Exposure to extremes of temperature
• Oxygen therapy
• Automatic External Defibrillation
• Confidentiality, ethics & communication skills