HLTAID009

Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

At Purple Heart, we provide Nationally Accredited Training and skills that comply with the guidelines listed by the Australian Resuscitation Council.

Why choose this course?

HLTAID009 Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation prepares you for a variety of emergency situations and arms you with the knowledge, skills and training necessary to assist an adult, child or infant, to maintain breathing and circulation in an emergency.

The Trainers at Purple Heart train individuals in skills to respond to common life-threatening workplace emergencies like cardiac arrest, heart attack or strokes. In such emergencies, casualties condition usually deteriorate quickly and their survival depends on receiving immediate CPR.

Performing CPR increases a casualty's chances of survival as it helps keep oxygenated blood flowing to the brain and other crucial organs until normal heart rhythm is restored.

What skills will you develop after the course?

Ability to identify and understand legal and ethical considerations.
Ability to identify, assess and respond to an emergency.
Skills to commence CPR on unconscious, unresponsive adults/ infants.
Skills to use an Automated External Defibrillator.
Skills to perform rotation of single rescuer operators with minimal interruptions to compressions.
Skills to appropriately respond in the event of regurgitation or vomiting.

What to Expect

Before attending your face-to-face workshop, participants will require to complete the following:

Online Enrolment
Online Assessment (Learning resources can be found on student portal)

What is the duration of the face-to-face workshop?

HLTAID009 Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation requires 1-hour face-to-face workshop

Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide a first aid response to a casualty in line with first aid guidelines determined by the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) and other Australian national peak clinical bodies.

The unit applies to all persons who may be required to provide a first aid response in a range of situations, including community and workplace settings.

Specific licensing/regulatory requirements relating to this competency, including requirements for refresher training should be obtained from the relevant national/state/territory Work Health and Safety Regulatory Authorities.

Elements & Performance Criteria

Respond to an emergency situation.

Recognise and assess an emergency situation.
Ensure safety for self, bystanders and casualty.
Assess the casualty and recognise the need for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Seek assistance from emergency services.

Apply appropriate first aid procedures.

Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in accordance ARC guidelines.
Provide first aid in accordance with established first aid principles.
Display respectful behaviour towards casualty.
Obtain consent from casualty where possible.
Operate an automated external defibrillator (AED) according to manufacturers' instructions.

Communicate details of the incident.

Accurately convey incident details to emergency services
Report details of incident in line with appropriate workplace or site procedures
Maintain privacy and confidentiality of information in line with statutory or organisational policies

Review the incident

Recognise the possible psychological impacts on self and other rescuers and seek help when required.
Contribute to a review of the first aid response as required

Assessment Requirements

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit in the context of the workplace or community setting.

There must be evidence that the candidate has completed the following tasks in line with State/Territory regulations, first aid codes of practice, first aid guidelines determined by the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) and other Australian national peak clinical bodies and workplace or site procedures:

managed, in line with ARC guidelines, the unconscious, breathing casualty including appropriate positioning to reduce the risk of airway compromise
managed, in line with ARC guidelines, the unconscious, non-breathing adult, including:
performing at least 2 minutes of uninterrupted single rescuer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) (5 cycles of both compressions and ventilations) on an adult resuscitation manikin placed on the floor
following the prompts of an automated external defibrillator (AED) to deliver at least one shock
demonstrating a rotation of single rescuer operators with minimal interruptions to compressions
responding appropriately in the event of regurgitation or vomiting
handing over to emergency services
providing an accurate verbal report of the incident
reviewing the incident
managed, in line with ARC guidelines, the unconscious, non-breathing infant, including:
performing at least 2 minutes of uninterrupted single rescuer CPR (5 cycles both compressions and ventilations) on an infant resuscitation manikin placed on a firm surface.

Knowledge Evidence

Demonstrated knowledge required to complete the tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit:

Guidelines and procedures including:
relevant ARC guidelines to managing the unconscious breathing and non-breathing casualty and provision of CPR
potential incident hazards and risk minimisation processes when providing first aid
infection control procedures, including use of standard precautions and resuscitation barrier devices
requirements for currency of skill and knowledge
first aid codes of practice
appropriate workplace or site procedures relevant to the provision of first aid

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
awareness of potential need for stress management techniques and available support for rescuers

Considerations when providing CPR, including:
upper airway and effect of positional change
appropriate duration and cessation of CPR
appropriate use of an AED
safety and maintenance procedures for an AED
chain of survival
how to access emergency services

Techniques for providing CPR to adults, children and infants including:
how to recognise that a casualty is unconscious and not breathing normally
rate, ratio and depth of compressions and ventilations
correct hand positioning for compressions
basic anatomy, physiology and the differences between adults, children and infants relating to CPR.

Assessment Conditions

Each candidate to demonstrate skills in an environment that provides realistic in-depth, scenarios and simulations to assess candidates’ skills and knowledge.

Due to the nature of this type of training, it is acceptable for the performance evidence to be collected in a simulated environment.

Compression and ventilation skills must be demonstrated on resuscitation manikins following ARC guidelines for the purpose of assessment of CPR procedures.

Assessment must ensure access to:

adult and infant resuscitation manikins following ARC guidelines for the purpose of assessment of CPR procedures
AED training devices
personal protective equipment (PPE).

Simulated assessment environments must simulate real-life situations where these skills and knowledge would be performed, with all the relevant equipment and resources of that workplace or community environment.

Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations’ requirements for assessors and must hold this unit or demonstrate equivalent skills and knowledge to that contained within this unit.

Purple Heart Training Institute offers First Aid and CPR courses that are fast and competent. We provide first aid courses as well as refresher and resuscitation courses throughout Brisbane region. Contact us now