HLTAID009 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (previously HLTAID001)

This unit (previously known as HLTAID001 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation) describes the skills and knowledge required to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a person (infant, child and adult) who is unresponsive and not breathing until the arrival of medical support and subsequent transfer to hospital.
This unit will train participants in line with the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) Guidelines and applies to people who may be required to provide CPR, in a range of situations, including community and workplace settings.
Our CPR training will train participants to care for and manage a person in cardiac arrest and provide quality instructional skills on life support (correct ratio of rescue breathing to chest compressions).
Each participant will have their own manikin to ventilate and compress the chest to perfect their technique.

Premium Health offers 3 delivery options. These options give you the opportunity to choose the way you would like to undertake the course. Shorter course times may mean there is often work to be undertaken online. Not all delivery modes are offered as public training.

• 1 hour and 30 minutes face-to-face assessment and online e-Learning


• 1 hour and 30 minutes live (zoom) assessment and online e-Learning


• 2 hours and 45 minutes face-to-face training and assessment

HLTAID009 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation

1 year

Your trainer will be either a nurse or a paramedic - there can be no better trainer than one who has "lived" the experience. As a trusted health professional, they will teach the "why" of first aid and are committed to you leaving your course with confidence and competence.

Premium Health believes every participant in our CPR courses should have their own manikin - this means there is no waiting around for "your turn". Learning is best remembered by "the doing", this means the more time you actively spend time on the manikin the greater the retention of the skill, so when you may need to recall how to do CPR you are more able to recall and perform the skill.

Our CPR training will help you manage and care for a person in a cardiac arrest and teach you the skills of life support (correct ratio of rescue breathing to chest compression's) using the Premium Health Method.

Other topics include:

• The DRSABCD action plan and responding to emergency situations


• Managing unconscious casualties, infants children and adults


• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), infants, children and adults


• Using a defibrillator (AED)


• Legal issues in first aid


• Infection control

Anyone over the age of 14 years are eligible to attend. Students attending the course will be required to demonstrate their physical ability to perform at least 2 minutes of uninterrupted CPR on an adult manikin placed on the floor. If you are unsure of your ability to demonstrate this requirement please contact us on 1300 721 292.