PADI RTO First Aid Student Manual

HLTAID001 - PROVIDE CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION

Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation Introduction Welcome to your training program HLTAID001 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This unit of competency will introduce you to: • State/Territory regulations, first aid codes of practice and workplace procedures • Legal, workplace and community considerations • Considerations when providing CPR • Basic anatomy and physiology State/Territory regulations, first aid codes of practice and workplace procedures This section provides you with basic knowledge about national guidelines along with State or Territory regulations and apply them to providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the workplace, along with your own and your employer’s responsibilities in the workplace. You will also learn how to protect yourself when assisting others and how to ensure you can keep your skills current (refreshed). ARC Guideline relevant to the provision of CPR What are our legal responsibilities in the workplace? In the first instance we follow the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) guidelines on how we should undertake resuscitation. Furthermore, each Australian State or Territory has Workplace Health & Safety guidelines that may require certain industries or business types and sizes to provide specific first aid equipment and adequately trained staff to use it. It is the responsibility of each employer to review their local Workplace Health & Safety guidelines along with any relevant codes of practice and industry standards as part of their risk management plans for providing first aid in the workplace. Employers should also be familiar with industry standards for first aid kits and equipment relevant to their business. Note: your Trainer will review the relevant ARC guidelines with you.

Safe work practices to minimise risks and potential hazards What obligations do employers have to employees in the workplace? Employers and employees have a responsibility to adhere to legislation and local codes to minimise potential hazards. Legislations exist to help protect people from injury and illness in the workplace. It is the responsibility of both the employer and the employee to adhere to legislation and local codes of practice and to implement workplace policies and procedures to minimise potential hazards. Hazards may be obvious due to the nature of the workplace or subtle and unforeseen.

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