This course refreshes your first aid knowledge and skills and revalidates your previous certificate.  Depending on your previous certificate, this course covers unit standards 6402, 6401, and 6400 or unit standards 6402 and 6401. To be eligible your current first aid certificate must be no older than 2 years and 3 months.

Course content

Topics covered during the course include:

  • Scene assessment and management
  • Safety and barriers
  • Basic life support assessment (DRSABCD)
  • CPR
  • Choking
  • Wounds, bleeding and shock
  • Head, neck and spinal injuries
  • Burns
  • Updates on topics covered in the Workplace First Aider course

This course includes revalidation of unit standards 6402, 6401 and 6400 or 6402 and 6401 (based on learners previous certificate)

Each Learner is provided with a Practical Training Solutions Quick Reference First Aid Guide that serves as a practical reference for emergencies and contains relevant information and practical tips on the various topics covered during the course.