This course has been designed to enable you to develop the knowledge and skills required to provide emergency CPR care to an acutely ill or injured person according to Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) guidelines.
The Statement of Attainment in First Aid (HLTCPR201B perform CPR) provides you with training in:
- Responding to signs of an unconscious casualty
- performing CPR
- ability to communicate details of the incident.
People seeking to enrol in the unit of competency HLTCPR201B Perform CPR are advised that to successfully complete the unit they must be able to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
People who have a disability that would prevent them from performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation are advised that they will not be able to achieve this unit of competency.