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We deliver practical, hands‑on first aid training across NZ.

Our friendly expert instructors focus on relevant, engaging courses and are committed to helping anyone act confidently in an emergency.

Fed up with the 'tick in the box’ First Aid Courses?

Let us show you how First Aid should be delivered.

Come to us: Modern, purpose designed training facility in Casebrook, Christchurch.

We Come To You: On-site training at your workplace, school or community venue.

Basic Life Support

This half-day assessed course is designed for workplace first aiders and anyone seeking essential basic life support skills.

  • By the end of this course, you will have the confidence to:

    • Provide basic life support, including CPR and defibrillation

    • Manage a foreign body airway obstruction

    • Manage a life-threatening bleed, including when to use an arterial tourniquet

    • Manage a person in shock

  • Equivalent to topics in Unit standard 6402 (2 credits): Provide basic life support, including:

    • DRSABCD

    • CPR (adult, child, infant)

    • Defibrillator (AED) use

    • Choking (adult, child, infant)

    • Life-threatening bleeding, including when to use an arterial tourniquet

    • Shock

  • $109 +GST

Work Safe First Aid | Level 1

This 1-day assessed course is ideal for workplace first aiders and anyone interested in gaining essential first aid skills for everyday situations.

Meets the minimum qualification for a workplace first-aider

  • By the end of this course, you will have the confidence to:

    • Provide basic life support, including CPR and defibrillation

    • Manage a foreign body airway obstruction

    • Manage a life-threatening bleed, including when to use an arterial tourniquet

    • Manage a person in shock

  • Equivalent to topics in Unit standard 6402 : Provide basic life support, including:

    • DRSABCD action plan

    • CPR (adult, child, infant)

    • Defibrillator (AED) use

    • Choking (adult, child, infant)

    • Life-threatening bleeding, including when to use an arterial tourniquet

    • Shock

    Equivalent to topics in Unit standard 6401: Provide first aid, including:

    • Health literacy

    • Fractures and dislocations

    • Burns

    • Soft tissues injuries

    • Poisoning

    • Asthma

    • Diabetic emergencies

    • Seizure

    • Chest pain

    • Stroke

    • Severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis)

    Equivalent to topics in Unit standard 6400: Manage first aid in an emergency situation (minimum of 2 people)

    • Revision: bleeding, burns, anaphylaxis

    • Head injuries

    • Spinal injuries

    • Environmental conditions

    • Major incidents

    • Personal wellbeing and resilience

    • Major injuries

      • Gunshot wounds

      • Stabbing

      • Amputation

      • Impalement/embedded object

      • Internal bleeding

      • Crush injuries

  • $185+GST

Work Safe First Aid | Level 2

  • By the end of this course, you will have the confidence to:

    • Provide basic life support, including CPR and defibrillation

    • Manage a foreign body airway obstruction

    • Manage a life-threatening bleed, including when to use an arterial tourniquet

    • Manage a person in shock

    • Recognise and provide first aid treatment for common trauma and medical conditions

    • Manage a person with:

      • head and spinal injuries

      • major injuries

    • Manage first aid for:

      • environmental conditions

      • major incidents

    • Recognise mental distress and understand personal resiliency strategies when managing stressors, including first aid emergencies.

  • Equivalent to topics in Unit standard 6402: Provide basic life support, including:

    • DRSABCD action plan

    • CPR (adult, child, infant)

    • Defibrillator (AED) use

    • Choking (adult, child, infant)

    • Life-threatening bleeding, including when to use an arterial tourniquet

    • Shock

    Equivalent to topics in Unit standard 6401: Provide first aid, including:

    • Health literacy

    • Fractures and dislocations

    • Burns

    • Soft tissues injuries

    • Poisoning

    • Asthma

    • Diabetic emergencies

    • Seizure

    • Chest pain

    • Stroke

    • Severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis)

    Equivalent to topics in Unit standard 6400: Manage first aid in an emergency situation (minimum of 2 people)

    • Revision: bleeding, burns, anaphylaxis

    • Head injuries

    • Spinal injuries

    • Environmental conditions

    • Major incidents

    • Personal wellbeing and resilience

    • Major injuries

      • Gunshot wounds

      • Stabbing

      • Amputation

      • Impalement/embedded object

      • Internal bleeding

      • Crush injuries

  • $265+GST

This 1.5-day assessed course is ideal for workplace first-aiders in high-risk environments including the outdoors, or anyone wanting to build on their first aid skills.

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