CPR Training

CPR training is a crucial element in emergency first aid response and is valid for just about everyone. You do not know when you might need it – at home or at work – but having advanced resuscitation skills is life-critical. It is also a skill that you need to keep practising and, therefore, is usually done from a work perspective annually. 

CPR training is also valid for duty of care and general Work Health and Safety perspectives, with many employers proactively providing this training. At Harness Energy, we offer corporate first aid courses at our training facility that are suitable for employers seeking a CPR refresher course.

Once you complete the CPR first aid courses, you should have the knowledge and core capability to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation and manage an unconscious casualty, including appropriate positioning to reduce the risk of airway compromise and performing at least 2 minutes of uninterrupted single rescuer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) (5 cycles of both compressions and ventilations) on an adult resuscitation manikin placed on the floor and repeated for an infant.

Additionally, you should be able to deliver at least one shock with the automated external defibrillator (AED), demonstrate an ability to rotary single rescuer operators with minimal interruptions to compressions, know how to respond appropriately in the event of regurgitation or vomiting and handing over to emergency services and associated activities.

It is a requirement of the training that CPR for infants and young children be included. Our first aid courses provide practical instruction using infant manikins as the approach for infants is different from that of adults.

The acronym DRSABCD stands for Danger, Response, Send, Airway, Breathing, CPR, and Defibrillation. During our CPR training you will learn the details of each component and how to apply them to your working environment.

CPR training is subject to requirements from an organisation, industry and state level. As such, you should discuss the requirements that apply to you with your employer as well as review the specific licensing/regulatory requirements relating to this CPR course.

Our experienced trainers teach thousands of employees the fundamentals of CPR training in our CPR refresher course, providing hands-on training to suit specific industry requirements. It is important to note that the training generally needs redoing on an annual basis and requirements for refresher training may vary according to your role, organisation and national/state/territory Work Health and Safety Regulatory Authorities. With the necessity of CPR refresher training, working with an established learning provider like Harness Energy is an effective way to provide your employees with annual workplace/on-site training that prepares them for life-threatening emergencies.

No, you do not need to have completed any first aid courses to do CPR training. Advanced first aid courses generally cover a broad range of first aid principles, including first aid skills and first aid management. A CPR course is more specific and only covers cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Depending on your organisation and industry, you can opt to complete CPR training, or you can participate in combined CPR and first aid courses that will provide a comprehensive understanding of the first aid principles.

With a registered training organisation delivering the training, course participants will learn to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation so that they can provide medical assistance in emergency situations. Having these skills is especially useful for those working on a remote or isolated site.