Residential care settings: first-aid and CPR standards

First Aid & CPR Australia

In Australia, residential aged-care homes, supported-living and in-home aged-care settings look after vulnerable adults and seniors who may need help in a medical emergency. Operators are expected to keep staff who are trained in first aid and CPR on site so someone can respond immediately while help is on the way.

Settings concerned

Residential aged-care facilities, supported-living homes and in-home aged-care services, delivered under the Aged Care Act and the Aged Care Quality Standards, which require safe and effective care.

The first-aid requirement

Aged-care employers require care staff to hold the nationally recognised unit HLTAID011 Provide First Aid (which includes CPR) as a current standalone certificate, and it must be completed within the Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing) before placement. Staff should be able to act with adults and use an automated external defibrillator (AED), with the exact expectations set by the setting and the residents it serves.

A recognised, up-to-date first-aid and CPR certificate is the way to meet this expectation; it sits alongside the worker's aged-care qualification and on-the-job training, and must be renewed periodically.

How to meet it

A recognized, up-to-date first-aid and CPR certificate meets this requirement. It is in addition to the required training or assessment, and is renewed periodically.

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For organizations: keep your team compliant

When the certificate is an employer requirement, the real challenge is tracking. Our organization system manages a team’s training: a certification dashboard, deadline tracking, automatic renewal reminders and proof archiving. An organization keeps its whole staff current without watching every date by hand.

Training aligned with the latest emergency-care standards

Our CPR, AED and first-aid training is developed in line with the most recent international guidelines for emergency cardiovascular care and first aid.

We rigorously follow the recommendations of ILCOR (International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation), the international body responsible for the scientific evaluation and development of global resuscitation standards. These recommendations serve as a reference for health organizations, institutions and professional orders worldwide — and are updated as scientific and clinical evidence evolves.

Keep your skills current with confidence

Every intervention can make a difference. Keeping CPR and emergency-care skills current is both a professional requirement and a responsibility toward patients, colleagues and the public.

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