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New Zealand First Aid Certificate

(Previously known as Comprehensive, or Workplace First Aid or Level 2)

(NZQA Units: 6402: Level 2, Credits 2, 6401: Level 2, Credit 1, 6400: Level 3, Credit 2)

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NZ First Aid Certificate is recommended for all workplaces, higher-risk job sites, working outside or in cool stores, working at heights, with electricity or chemicals, and away from the urban environment where it might take a bit longer for emergency services to arrive. Being able to respond first, while waiting for medical professionals to arrive, is essential to help others and save lives.

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Course Content

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Scene Assessment

  • Calling 111

  • Primary survey

  • Secondary survey

  • Care of unconscious patient

Wounds, bleeding and shock

  • How to stop major bleeding

  • Recognizing and Managing shock 

Medical emergencies

  • Breathing Difficulties

  • Diabetic emergency 

  • Seizures

  • Chest pains

  • Stroke

  • Anaphylaxis

Burns

  • Thermal (from a heat source)

  • Chemical

  • Electrical

Fractures Management

  • Sprains

  • Head injuries

  • Spinal injury 

Hypothermia & hyperthermia

  • Frost nip & frost bite

  • Heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

​​Poisons

  • Inhaled

  • Absorbed

  • Injected

  • Ingested

Scenarios

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