HLTAID015 – Provide Advanced Resuscitation and Oxygen Therapy

Course Outline

This course is delivered using blended learning and includes theoretical and practical tasks. Students are required to participate in all course elements, providing them an opportunity to practice and refine their skills prior to assessment. The course structure involves simulated real life scenarios which could appear in the community and/or workplace settings. This allows students to demonstrate application of their skills and knowledge. The following outlines the content to be covered in the classroom environment:

Pre-course work – online learning.
DRSABCD and CPR.
Practical scenarios for CPR.
Benefits, complications and contraindications of providing oxygen to a casualty
Administration of oxygen to a conscious/unconscious casualty
Use of airway adjuncts
Injury reporting.
Multiple choice assessment.

Student Suitability Statement

Sports Medicine Australia (SMA) is committed to delivering high-quality, nationally recognised training that meets the requirements of the 2025 Standards for RTOs. Before enrolling in HLTAID015 – Provide Advanced Resuscitation and Oxygen Therapy, prospective students should carefully review the following suitability criteria to ensure they can meet the course demands.

Access Requirements

To successfully complete this course, students must have:

A valid email address for enrolment communication, online learning access, and certificate issuance.
Access to a web browser and internet to complete mandatory pre-course reading and/or eLearning modules.

Physical and Practical Requirements

This unit requires students to demonstrate competency in high-level resuscitation and emergency response techniques. Students must be able to:

Perform uninterrupted CPR on a manikin placed on the floor for a minimum of two minutes.
Set up, operate, and monitor advanced resuscitation equipment, including oxygen therapy devices and airway adjuncts.
Participate in simulated scenarios involving patient assessment, use of a bag-valve-mask (BVM), and the administration of oxygen.

These practical components are essential for assessment and cannot be omitted or simulated in non-physical ways.

Fitness for Training

Due to the physically and technically demanding nature of HLTAID015, students must:

Have the physical capability to complete extended CPR efforts and equipment handling.
Be able to kneel, bend, lift and manage airway equipment safely and effectively in line with realistic workplace expectations.

If you have any condition (temporary or permanent) that may impact your participation, we encourage early contact with SMA. We will review your situation and discuss reasonable adjustments, where possible, while maintaining the integrity of assessment requirements.

Prerequisites

Please note: HLTAID011 – Provide First Aid is a prerequisite for this course. You may be asked to provide evidence of prior completion.

Contact and Support

Have questions about your suitability or need additional support? Please get in touch with us: [email protected]

Student Support Services

SMA is committed to ensuring all students are supported throughout their training journey. In accordance with the Standards for RTOs 2025, we offer and refer learners to a range of support services to address individual needs related to wellbeing, inclusion, LLN (Language, Literacy and Numeracy), and academic success.

Click HERE for support options to suit your needs.

Course Prerequisites

Students must hold current qualifications in one of HLTAID003 or HLTAID011 Provide First Aid (completed within 3 years)
Students must successfully complete all online learning prior to attending the face to face course. Please refer to Delivery Mode/Duration for more information on the online learning.

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Certificate

Upon completion of this training, students will receive a Statement of Attainment for HLTAID015, incorporating HLTAID009 Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation within 30 days via PDF and/or hard copy, as per the Australian Skills Quality Authority regulations of successful course completion.

Entry

To enrol, students must be a minimum of 16 years of age. This ensures the student has the necessary skills to undertake training and assessment requirements.

USI

New or continuing students undertaking nationally recognised training need a Unique Student Identifier (USI) to receive a qualification/statement of attainment for this unit.

Your USI will provide you with access to an online record of your training since 1 January 2015 and allow comprehensive training transcripts to be produced. To find out more about USIs, click here. Enrolling students should enter their existing USI to proceed with enrolment.

If you do not have a USI, or want to verify your USI number, please visit the Australian Government’s USI website here (takes 3 minutes to create a USI) .

Students who do not provide a valid USI will be deemed an incomplete enrolment. Students who do not complete the enrolment process and provide a valid USI within 15 business days of the course date, will be unenrolled.

Course Duration

6 hours face-to-face practical workshop.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Credit Transfer

SMA offers both RPL and Credit Transfer pathways for this course.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is available to students who can provide sufficient evidence that they already possess the skills, knowledge, and experience outlined in the course unit. This may include formal or informal learning, work experience, or professional registration. For example, individuals holding current AHPRA registration as a medical practitioner, nurse, or physiotherapist may be eligible for RPL.
Credit Transfer is available to students who have previously completed equivalent units of competency through another Registered Training Organisation (RTO). Verified transcripts or statements of attainment will be required to assess eligibility.

How to Apply

Read the RPL and Credit Transfer Policy
Complete the Application form and attach your supporting evidence.
- RPL: e.g. CV, job descriptions, employer reports, portfolio of work.
- Credit Transfer: certified copies of Statements of Attainment or transcripts.
Submit your application to [email protected] for assessment.

Assessment

Students will be assessed individually and in group activities. Students need to display competency in all assessable elements to successfully complete the unit package HLTAID015 accreditation. Assessment is conducted using the following methods:

Scenario assessment– Students are required to demonstrate the essential skills and knowledge to respond to a range of first aid or emergency situations, including scenarios aligned with the performance criteria required for this program.
Demonstration of CPR procedures– Students will demonstrate CPR on SMA training manikins – adult, child and infant – as per the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) Guidelines.
Demonstration of oxygen resuscitation/oxygen therapy techniques– Students are required, individually and as a group, to demonstrate competency in a range of oxygen resuscitation/oxygen therapy techniques.
Written questions– Students must complete a multiple choice assessment task, either as a group exercise or individually, with a 100% pass rate required.

Course Resources

The following learning resources are provided to students during class & face-to-face sessions:

PowerPoint presentation that is interactive and customised to include real-life first aid and CPR examples and scenarios
Adult and infant resuscitation manikins in line with ARC Guidelines for assessment of CPR procedures.
Airway model suitable for insertion of an oropharyngeal airway.
Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training device.
Bag-valve-mask.
Oropharyngeal airway adjunct.
Oxygen resuscitation system with oxygen cylinder.
Selection of oxygen masks with tubing; nasal cannula, therapy mask, resuscitation mask with oxygen port.
Suction device.
Workplace incident, injury, trauma or illness record or other appropriate workplace incident report form.

Special Needs and LLN Reasonable Adjustment

Sports Medicine Australia recognises that students participating in its training courses may have special needs. These may include but are not limited to students with language, literacy and/or numeracy problems, or disabilities. Students with special needs should contact us prior to enrolment to discuss their needs.

Behaviour Expectations

SMA endeavours to provide a learning environment which is supportive of group and individual learning. To achieve this, support is required from all students, presenters and course convenors. It is therefore expected that students will behave in a manner which is respectful of fellow students and Sports Medicine Australia staff.

Cost

$130 AUD per person.