Accidents and emergencies can happen at any time. Completing this Red Cross first aid course will provide you with the confidence and competence ‘at the scene’ to recognise life threatening situations and to offer vital assistance to the patient before more experienced help arrives.

Completion of this first aid course will give you the skills to respond to common first aid response situations and meets NZQA standards and requirements of the “First Aid for Workplaces – A Good Practice Guide 2011”.

NZQA UNITS: 6401, 6402

You will learn:

• primary assessment

• safe side positioning

• scene management of emergency situations

• CPR - adult, child and infant

• use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

• airway obstruction (choking) - adult, child, infant

• control of severe bleeding

• bleeding, shock and wound care

• fractures, sprains and strains

• medical conditions

• poisons

• burns

Please take a packed lunch.

MTA requires 24 hour notice for a cancellation. No shows will be charged the full cost of attending the event.