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Foundation First Aid Certificate

Gain skills, knowledge and confidence in how to recognise when, and how, to provide basic life support, manage a foreign body airway obstruction, provide first aid management for a person in shock.

Basic first aid topics and assessment include: burns, fractures, dislocations, soft tissue injuries, poisoning; medical conditions – heart attack, asthma, stroke, seizure, diabetes.

Learn the essentials of first aid.
This course is for anyone in the workplace or community.
8 hours face-to-face learning and assessment

NZQA unit standards:

  • 6402 Provide basic life support and
  • 6401 Provide first aid.