Gascoigne Training & Assessment

First-Aid (Level 2)

This course provides the first aider with the competence and confidence in providing emergency first aid. This includes calling for help, the ability to respond to first aid situations, casualty assessment, decision-making, and basic life support functions cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This course covers adult and child conditions.

Courses are conducted at our premises, 12 Kingsley Close, Rowville VIC 3178 once a month from 8am-4pm – numbers permitting.

Content:

• Apply Life Support Skills
• Apply First Aid Skills for Burns
• Demonstrate the identification and management of bleeding and wounds.
• Describe the recognition and management of internal bleeding
• Manage an Emergency
• Manage Emergency Situations
• Apply First Aid Management skills for bites, stings and poisoning

• Apply First Aid Management for bone and joint injuries
• Manage an acute illness
• Describe the recognition and management of an eye injury
• Manage Hyperthermia & Hypothermia
• Describe the basic structure and function of the human body
• Apply First Aid Management skills for chest, abdominal, pelvic and head injuries

Course Outline:
On successful completion of this course participants are awarded a Certificate in First Aid (Level 2). This course conforms to the requirements of Victoria Occupational Heath & Safety Authority First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice, 1995. Competency is assessed during the course via practical assessment and at the conclusion by a multiple-choice theory exam.