Provide First Aid in Remote Situations less PFA

This remote area first aid course is specifically designed to meet the first aid needs of bushwalkers, wilderness guides, and people who work or live in remote locations. 

The course covers everything from comprehensive first aid treatments to aeromedical evacuation, long-term care, self-care, and contingency planning. This course is focused on the safety of the first aider and extended care of an ill or injured casualty where help is likely to be delayed or inaccessible.

 

Pre-Requisite Unit

Participants are required to undertake or present evidence for completion of HLTAID011 Provide First Aid in the last 12 months prior to commencing HLTAID013 Provide First Aid in remote or isolated sites

 

Details of pre-learning for this course
Participants are required to undertake an online e-learning module prior to attending the face to face workshops for practice and assessment.

What certification do you get?

This is an accredited course. On successful completion of this course you will be issued a statement of attainment in:

  • HLTAID013 Provide First Aid in remote or isolated sites

St John recommends, as per the First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice and the Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines, that first aid skills are renewed every 3 years and resuscitation skills (HLTAID009/HLTAID015) are renewed every 12 months.

The course covers the following: 

  • Remote area first aid
  • Two-rescuer resuscitation
  • Planning, preparation, and communication
  • Rescue and transport methods
  • Remote Environments
  • Clinical Assessments
  • Triage, advanced bleeding
  • Managing environment-induced illness
  • Lifting and moving casualty
  • Managing injuries and using improvisation
  • Medications
  • Sudden illness

 

You must be able to perform CPR on the floor for 2 minutes

Book the course

Available spots

4th of February 2025

Deakin
04/02/2025 8:30
05/02/2025 17:00
11 Remaining Seats
$400.00