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This nationally recognised course is for all workers who may be required to provide CPR in a range of community and workplace settings and describes the skills and knowledge required to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in line with the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) guidelines, until the arrival of medical or other assistance.
This master level course is for you if you are looking to learn the DL & ANN topics in and out within a short time!
This nationally recognised course applies to all workers
who may be required to provide a first aid response in
a range of situations, include community and workplace
settings and enables the participant to provide a first aid
response to a casualty.
This course is for teachers, educators and support staff
working within an education and care setting within childcare and schools, who are required to respond to a first aid emergency, including asthmatic and
anaphylactic emergencies.
This nationally recognised unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to confirm collection requirements, prepare client and equipment and collect specimens via urine, saliva and breath testing following the special procedures that apply for drugs of abuse testing.
PEG stands for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, a procedure in which a flexible feeding tube is placed through the abdominal wall and into the stomach. PEG allows nutrition, fluids and/or medications to be put directly into the stomach, bypassing the mouth and esophagus.
Epilepsy is a disorder of brain function that takes the form of recurring convulsive or non-convulsive seizures. Midazolam is a medication that is commonly used for the acute management of seizures.
Manual handling means using your body to exert force to lift, lower, push, pull, carry, move, hold or restrain objects or people. Hazardous manual handling can lead to serious musculoskeletal injuries. These can be debilitating and long-term conditions that can severely affect a person’s quality of life.
The abuse of older people is not a new social problem, and there is no evidence overall that indicates abusive situations are becoming more prevalent. Abuse involving
older people is a complex social problem which requires equally careful and considered responses.
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to
comply with personal hygiene, maintain food safety,
contribute to cleanliness of food handling areas and
dispose of food. T
Continence care involves establishing the underlying cause, not just selecting products for containment. Needing to wear incontinence pads every day may have a significant negative effect upon the person’s quality of life,
and can result in decreased confidence and self esteem.
The aim is to refresh your skills and knowledge, bringing you in line with current standards and procedures and is ideally suited for those students who completed the qualification but have not entered the workforce as a pathology collector.
This workshop enables the participant to enhance their work
practices with CALD residents and provide care which transcends cultural barriers in a sensitive manner. The workshop also aims to improve cross cultural knowledge
base of CALD staff who work with residents from cultural backgrounds other than their own
This skill set reflects the skill requirements to prepare for and provide medication assistance plus completion of medication documentation
The management of older adults with Type 2 diabetes requires careful consideration of the effects that advancing age and changes in health status can have on the competing risks and benefits of therapeutic interventions.
Dementia describes a collection of symptoms that are caused by disorders affecting the brain.
It is not one specific disease. This non-accredited / professional development workshop aims to to provide an overview of dementia and it’s features.
The prevention and management of Work related violence (WRV) is an Occupational health and safety issue that requires staff at all levels along with all persons supported by the organisation to identify, recognise and understand their duties under the OHS Act 2004.
WRV can result in a person sustaining physical and/ or psychological injuries, and can sometimes be fatal. Employees can be exposed to WRV from a range of sources including clients, consumers, residents, visitors and members of the public.
The management of older adults with Type 2 diabetes requires careful consideration of the effects that advancing age and changes in health status can have on the competing risks and benefits of therapeutic interventions.