First Aid for Children With Allergies: 5 Critical Steps for Educators

Morning tea in the toddler room

Morning tea’s just gone out when a little boy who swapped crackers with his mate starts rubbing at his face. Then comes the cough. His action plan is up on the wall, his adrenaline device is sitting in the medication bag, and what happens next comes down to the educator standing closest to him. Most […]

HLTAID012 Assessment Tips: How Brisbane Educators Pass First Time

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Your HLTAID012 assessment is Saturday morning. It’s Thursday night, you’ve just got your own kid to sleep after a long shift in the toddler room, and the online theory is still sitting there half done. For most Brisbane educators, the HLTAID012 assessment isn’t scary because of the first aid. It’s everything around it. Kneeling on […]

Minimum Age for Childcare First Aid Course: Can Teens Enroll in HLTAID012?

minimum age for childcare first aid course

Ella’s toddler room got a new face this term, a 15-year-old Year 10 student on a school-based traineeship. Keen, a bit shy, great with the little ones. Before the week was out her mum emailed the director asking which first aid course her daughter needed and whether 15 was even old enough. The director forwarded […]

How Often Does CPR Need Renewing for Educators in Queensland

how often does cpr need renewing for educators

Your HLTAID012 certificate says three years, but your director is asking for a new CPR certificate after one. So there you are on the couch after a long shift, phone in hand, trying to work out how often CPR needs renewing for educators, and why nobody seems to give a straight answer. Then the centre’s […]

First Aid Legal Issues Training: 5 Costly Mistakes Brisbane Educators Can Avoid

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It’s 12.15pm in the toddler room. A two-year-old is coughing hard over lunch, and within seconds you’ve cleared the airway, settled the child and calmed the room back down. The first aid went well. What first aid legal issues training covers is everything that comes after it. Because now the harder part starts. The incident […]

What to Bring to Your HLTAID012 Course: The Full Checklist

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You’ve booked your HLTAID012 course. Good on you. Then that little voice kicks in the night before, the one that asks what do I actually bring to this thing? Do I need a bag full of notes? Should I wear my nice clothes in case there’s photos? Is there going to be a test I […]