On this page:

• Advanced First Aid

• Advanced Life Support

Advanced First Aid

Advanced First Aid is a three-day course of three separate modules extending on the knowledge and skills involved in the Apply First Aid course:
 – Apply First Aid
 – Advanced Life Support (see below)
 – Advanced First Aid
The Advanced First Aid module explores the following subjects in greater detail:
 – trauma management
 – lifting and moving a casualty
 – first aid records
 – multiple injuries
 – multiple casualties (triage)
 – first aid team work
 – drug and alcohol abuse, and
 – treating emotionally disturbed casualties.
For further information, see the 'First Aid Classes' page and the St John web site.

With success at the Advanced First Aid course, the candidate gains the Advanced First Aid qualification and renews the Apply First Aid qualification, both for three years, and gains qualifications in the Advanced Life Support components, each valid for one year.

Prerequisite:
A current Apply First Aid* ('HLTFA301B - Apply First Aid') or higher qualification is required. The minimum age for the analgesic gases component is 18 years. Younger folk may attend but they will not be awarded the Administration of Analgesic Gases qualification.

Note: (*) Apply First Aid was previously called Senior First Aid.

Advanced Life Support

Advanced Life Support covers what were previously three separate items:

Advanced Resuscitation
Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation is taken to an advanced level, involving the use of various masks to reduce the possibility of infection, and air bags, two-person CPR and oxygen delivery apparatus to enable CPR to be performed more effectively and for longer.

Automatic External Defibrillation
How to use a defibrillator, the last 'D' of the St John 'DRSABCD Action Plan', a most important step in the Chain of Survival of a casualty with respiratory collapse.

Analgesic Gas Administration
The use of analgesic gas by a first aider in assisting a casualty in severe pain. The uses and contraindications to the use of methoxyfluorane is dealt with. Gaining this accreditation is restricted to candidates over eighteen years of age. Younger people can attend the course for interest, but are awarded the Advanced Resuscitation rather than the Advanced Life Support qualification.

The Advanced Life Support and Advanced Resuscitation certificates are valid for one year.

Please contact the First Aid Chairman for information on the Advanced Life Support course.
(The Chairman's contacts are displayed at the foot of the page.)

For a listing of the scope of the Advanced Life Support course,
see the St John web site.

Prerequisite:
Candidates must have a current Apply First Aid* ('HLTFA301B - Apply First Aid') or higher qualification at the time of the Advanced Life Support class.

If you have qualified in Apply First Aid* at one of our previous classes, we should have a record of your existing qualification, and no further proof will be necessary. If not, please check that your previous qualification is at the required level, and send a photocopy of your certificate with your booking form.

Note: (*) Apply First Aid was previously called Senior First Aid.

Enquiries about First Aid classes and bookings:
Please telephone Rob Murray on 02 9999 3362 or 0405 448 774


Written correspondence: Please address to
The Secretary (Rob Murray)
Scout Training Area
St John Ambulance Australia (NSW)
PO Box 341
MONA VALE  NSW  1660
 

Enquiries about First Aid support
or other First Aid related matters:
Please telephone The Chairman, John Crowley,
on 02 9874 4852 or 0409 393 215