HLTAID009 Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Course content

This course provides participants with the skills and knowledge to effectively perform CPR and apply defibrillation on a casualty who has stopped breathing. Participants will also learn how to manage the unconscious casualty. This course is suitable for those needing a CPR certificate for work purposes, and anyone interested in learning these lifesaving skills.

Cardiac arrest is a medical emergency that can lead to death. With urgent medical care to restart the heart, survival is possible.

Quick decision making is required to recognise and assess a cardiac emergency, call for medical assistance and perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) procedures which will increase the chance of survival for a person who is unconscious and not breathing normally.