First Aid Courses – Advanced
Advanced high risk first aid training not found within a basic first aid course
These are not standard first aid courses
We have identified a lack of advanced workplace first aid courses within the high risk industry. To address this we have devised these course types to meet the need for workers to be prepared when a medical event occurs. The content within all of these courses uses approved methods and are in line with current New Zealand Resuscitation Council guidelines.
For basic first aid with NZQA units we recommend St Johns or Red Cross.
Advanced High Risk First Aid Course
Pre Hospital Emergency Care (PHEC) Training
For confidence to manage a patient for an extended period of time prior to emergency services.
Advanced High Risk First Aid Course
This comprehensive first aid course has been designed to cover some advanced first aid techniques and methods not found within a standard basic first aid course.
This course is not associated with NZQA unit standards.
The course covers the first aid basics and then builds on this knowledge with advanced training.
The duration of the course is usually 1 day.
We’ll cover:
- Patient assessment
- CPR/cardiac arrest use of defibrillators
- Cardiac education *
- Placement of basic airways *
- Choking
- Basic medical conditions and treatment
- Emergency management
- How to deal with massive haemorrhage
- Wound packing and tourniquets, the use of Celox *
- Self aid and decision making processes utilising equipment in other ways *
- Physical practicals with injuries and debrief post incidents
* Advanced skill
We can conduct the course on-site at your location of work. There are no minimum number of participants but we do have a maximum of 16 to ensure a good student to trainer ratio.
Certificate of Competency
All students who are deemed competent will be issued with a Skill Lab Certificate of Competency (COC) card and certificate.
Book an Advanced High Risk First Aid Course
Get in touch with us to discuss your requirements.
Pre Hospital Emergency Care (PHEC) Training
This course will give the person an ability and confidence to manage a patient for an extended period of time before the patient is received by the emergency services. The course expands on a basic first aid course and provides additional skills for a better patient outcome.
The course includes the following:
- Scene assessment
- Patient assessment
- Patient management
- Packaging and movement of the patient
- Preparation of the patient for transport
3 or 5 days courses available.
Learning outcomes
- Primary surveys – check for life threatening injuries
- Triage – how to sort patients’ priority
- How to deal with massive haemorrhage
- How to insert an airway and manage the airway
- Bag masking – assisting patient and breathing for the patient
- The use of supplementary oxygen
- CPR and defibrillation
- Patient baselines – recording pulse rates, respiration rates
- Blood pressure – how to identify conditions associated with readings
- Secondary surveys – more thorough check of the patient
- Treatment and observation of respiratory and internal injuries
- Treatment of minor injuries
- Long term care decision making process
Book a Pre-Hospital Emergency Care (PHEC) Course
Get in touch to discuss your requirements.
Custom First Aid training courses
We can custom design a first aid courses around your professional area of expertise or your specific needs.
We are flexible and specialise in addressing short falls in knowledge and confidence.
We’ll discuss your concerns at an initial consult meeting and tailor a course that will focus on what you need.
Suitable for these and many more groups:
- Logging industry
- Childcare
- Industrial
- Remote lone worker
- Working at height
- Rescue teams
- Community groups
- Trades people
- Drivers
- Sports
Testing and benchmarking
We can help you find out how good your first aid team are and where they need to improve.
Casualty simulation scenarios
Defibrillator training
Ensure that everyone can use this basic life saving device with confidence and speed.
There are 2 hour or 4 hour sessions available.
2 hour session – covering the basics:
- CPR practical
- How to use a defibrillator
- Defibrillator practical
- Creating an action plan
- Questions and answers session
4 hour session – going into more detail:
- Everything in the 2 hours session
- Traumatic cardiac arrest explained
- Where defib and resuscitation fits into the chain of survival
- Tips for dealing with pre-arrest situations
Book a First Aid Course
Get in touch with us to discuss your requirements.
Our teaching style
Some people learn more effectively with verbal, written or visual teaching, others are more practical and learn by doing.
At the outset of each course we make an assessment on what type of learner each student is and then teach the course in a way that maximises learning and retention.
It’s taken over a decade of experience to hone this method and it works very well for most students.
After Care
We're there for you after the course has been delivered to answer any questions that you may have. We welcome emails or phone calls, sometimes we even have people sending photos to explain a question. Whatever it is, we are here to help.
After Care
We're there for you after the course has been delivered to answer any questions that you may have. We welcome emails or phone calls, sometimes we even have people sending photos to explain a question. Whatever it is, we are here to help.
Book an Advanced First Aid Course
Get in touch with us to discuss what first aid course your team would benefit from.
Permit Issuer/Receiver Course
We offer a custom course for people who are required to issue and receive permits to work on-site
Medical Equipment Sales
We work in partnership with Rock River Urban who provide trusted medical equipment. Contact us for your medical kit requirements.