free 30min online FIRST AID crash course offered by ST John Ambulance.
First register yourself to start the course.
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Free First Aid Course in CPR
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Free Online First Aid Course and CPR - 30 Min's to Save Life (St John Ambulance &Training Aid)
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After you saved the CEO, you will get a pay rise.
- Learn First Aid
- Release swarm of bees
- ???
- Profit
Nah seriously, I have to pay about $150 for a full day first aid course this weekend for my profession so if you guys can do this one for free and learn something which might help you save a life - dooooo iiiiitt
3 - Auction EpiPen to anaphylactic colleagues.
Maybe depending on where you work.
Some places pay a higher duty allowance if you are on a safety committee or similar. Previous workplace I volunteered to be involved in our workplace safety committee and my employer payed for the ~$150 full day course.
Worthwhile life skills.
I did a first aid course at another provider (was a paid one) and although they did teach us stuff, a huge part of it they basically drilled into us "protect yourself from legal action" -> ie. call an ambulance and let them deal with it.
AFAIK the law is on your side RE: giving first aid. I'd hate to have the knowledge of applying first aid but not administering it for fear of legal action.
That's odd they taught you something like that.
Did they ever mention the legislation that protects "Good Samaritans" (i.e. first aid providers such as ourselves) from litigation?
http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/fragview/inforce/act+22+20…
This is provided that you do not attempt anything that wasn't taught to you within the first aid course, and that you're not acting with malice etc etc.
I guess in the end the act does protect you for doing nothing but calling an ambulance but why bother learning these skills if you're not going to put them into action when someone needs your help?
I don't remember much of it apart from some disgusting images and that the trainer didn't seem to want to be there.
I didn't pay for the course so I wasn't too concerned.
I believe in Queensland, it's without reckless disregard and good faith. I think in reality, as long as you don't do something completely stupid without thinking, you will be fine. Even in the worst circumstances, I doubt a jury would find you guilty if you were legitimally trying to save someones life. I'd just always be a bit careful about it if I was intoxicated etc at the time of helping.
If you want to do this to fulfill workplace requirements, you probably want to check that this course is adequate. Most places require at least 1 full day + CPR training.
With that said, I think that first aid should be mandatory for everyone; it's such an invaluable skill to have.
There is no real legal risk - provided you are a lay person (not a medic or doc etc and even they are protected to a degree) you are protected by the "Good Samaritan" provisions, which are still quite strong. The main thing you should be taught is to protect yourself from physical or infectious danger - not from legal sharks.
i cant print my certificate …anyone print-out successful?
Same issue here. Didn't print in chrome, didn't try other browsers after learning that it isn't a nationally recognised course anyway
as above, i couldnt print then didnt bother. (chrome if it matters)
How can you do first aid online? I always thought you had to do practical things like CPR on a dummy and what not
??? Isn't that what husbands are for??
Thanks OP! You never know when you might need these skills to save your life or that of others!
I was able to print it out…..but it says "Emergency First Aid for Road Users"……not sure I can use it for work.
If you are using a MAC save it as pdf instead of printing
doesn't print!
Good chance to refresh memory- I can't remember anything of the 2 day course I did, except for trainer repeatedly saying that you are not obliged to help but once you start you are obliged to stay to the end.
If you volunteer for St Johns, they actually subsidise the course for you. There's like a $10 member fee every year though.
As far as certification goes forget it. If you have no idea how to do CPR then this course is worth a look. But to be honest if your doing it for certification alone then your probably doing it for the wrong reasons. Highly recommend doing a first aid course as CPR which forms part of "the chain of survival" undoubtedly saves lives. For every minute of downtime that CPR is withheld your chance of survival reduces by 10% not taking into account hypothermia, submersion drowning etc. So after 10 minutes whilst not impossible it is unlikely. So its what you do in those 10 minutes that makes all the difference. No TV CPR. Should be 1/3rd depth of the chest 100 per minute. Do a course its worth it!
They should make first aid a part of school curriculum
some school do, I receive my first aid certificate when I was in high school -)
It was for my Phys Ed course and Coaching training/certificate in High SChool.
Excellent, just completed. I'm a Surrrrrf Life Saver, this is close to early Bronze age training.
Thanks for posting. Worth refreshing…repeatedly.
Finished it, great little course, better off knowing how to do something then nothing at all. The online course was pretty informative.
Having done a full first aid course I fail to see how an online course would properly train you. It's better than nothing I guess, but if you were ever interested in first aid for your family's safety or to be a good samaritan, then do the proper course. I volunteered to be a first aid officer at work so they paid for the course, that's an option some of you can look into.
PS I'm pretty sure no workplace will accept this as adequate certification to be a workplace first aid officer!
This course is better than nothing but I agree the chances are that the first person in need of first aid is a family member. Theory and practice are different things e.g. you have no idea how exhausting it is to apply CPR for more than a couple of minutes until you do it. Time is crucial and any money spent on a full course is well worth it.
I completed a First Aid course recently and about 80% of it was on administering CPR, and that meant using the dummies and having your technique corrected. An interesting point the instructor raised is that the tempo of the Bee Gee's song "Staying Alive" is actually based on a normal heartbeat (103 beats a minute) and if you can remember to time your compressions to the same beat (maybe silently hum the song to yourself), then that will help ensure you are not doing them too quick or too slow.
There's a better little ditty for lifesaving purposes, try humming this former hit whilst you're squishing down on somebody's sternum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ :)
Hmm all I hear is the sound of cracked ribs but interesting especially if you sing it out aloud haha could only imagine the faces of bystanders!
Neat little course, acts as a great refresher for anyone who has done a course before and as a great introduction to the 'DRABCD' principle for those not familiar with it.
Thanks for the heads up.
Also, I couldn't get the certificate to print in Chrome on Mac, but IE worked fine.
Runs through the basics and is a very good refresher - For those who are thinking ` can I use this as certifaction for employment purposes, I'd say no - but it would be an advantage in an interview. I have done 2 pre- natal courses and passed with flying colours, but being a male aproaching his 60's….
It's a good thing to do before a interactive course tho - you will be prepared, and learning how to perform the actions, rather than novel ideas and situations.Yep. Well, I hope I don't have a cardiac arrest near anyone who has done a 30 min crash course from St John on the Internet.
This type of stuff should not be taken lightly!!Ok, so you'd rather have an heart attack near someone who has no knowledge or skills whatsoever???
That would be roughly 95% of the Australian population, so the odds of that are quite good BTW…feeling any safer yet bro? ;)
From the course: "At present, only 22 per cent of cardiac arrest patients receive CPR"
If Stewballs if correct, 5% of the people experienced in CPR are attending to 22% of cases. I'm gong to vet my mates and stay close to the 5% that give a damn.
Point was that CPR and any other life saving skills shouldn't be taken lightly. I highly doubt the effectiveness of CPR learnt from a 30 min online course. Last thing you want is some random cracking your ribs after you've had a mild syncope and thinks you've had a cardiac arrest because they've taken a crash course on CPR and can't identify the situation properly. Sure, the 30 min course may help a tiny percentage of cases. It's like suggesting everybody might as well do a self defence course online and go out and make citizen arrests.
Your ideas intrigue me sir, where can I sign up for one of these online self defense courses so I can deliver great justice.
Also, I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter.
- Get bitten by a radioactive arthropod of some sort before taking said online lessons.
- Dispense summary justice, whilst delivering incisive witticisms.
- Become hated by those you tried to save, then turn bad.
- Profit! :)
@MickeyT, the point was that a shitload of bystanders in the right place with at least some current knowledge is better than waiting for the odds of some passing world renowned vascular surgeon coming to your aid…which would be super-awesome & all that, but highly unlikely! This is what we would call a bird in the hand scenario! :p
Let me assure you, I've seen medical professionals panic in first aid situations, whilst some modestly trained/experienced "random" who's just kept a cool head manages to save a life. It's one thing to have formal/tertiary training, but sometimes you just can't 'train' commonsense…
Of that 22% how many are receiving effective CPR? Wouldn't be much at all I would have thought
Thanks OP! I'll get all the grandparents to do this so they know what to do if something happens while babysitting.
if i complete this and show my employer would i get a payrise? that would be an awesome bargain!