Cardiac arrests are more common than you think, and they can happen to anyone at any time.
– Nearly 383,000 out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrests occur annually, and 88 percent of cardiac arrests occur at home.
– Many victims appear healthy with no known heart disease or other risk factors.
– Sudden cardiac arrest is not the same as a heart attack.
– Sudden cardiac arrest occurs when electrical impulses in the heart become rapid or chaotic, which causes the heart to suddenly stop beating.
– A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle is blocked. A heart attack may cause cardiac arrest.

-The life you save with CPR first aid is most likely to be a loved one.
– Four out of five cardiac arrests happen at home.
– Statistically speaking, if called on to administer CPR first aid in an emergency, the life you save is likely to be someone at home: a child, a spouse, a parent, or a friend.

– Failure to act in a cardiac emergency can lead to unnecessary deaths.
– Effective bystander CPR provided immediately after sudden cardiac arrest can double or triple a victim’s chance of survival, but only 32 percent of cardiac arrest victims get CPR from a bystander.
– Sadly, less than eight percent of people who suffer cardiac arrest outside the hospital survive.

Prior to attending the course, participants are sent a link to complete mandatory online learning and assessment by reading the Participant Guide and successfully answering 15 knowledge questions at their own pace. 
There must be demonstrated evidence that the candidate has completed the following tasks at least once in line with state/ territory regulations, first aid codes of practice, ARC guidelines, and workplace procedures
– Conducted a hazard assessment and identified strategies to minimise risk
– Demonstrated safe manual handling techniques first aid
– Assessed airway, breathing, and responsiveness of casualty.

Perform at least two (2) minutes of uninterrupted CPR on both an adult and an infant resuscitation manikin placed on the floor demonstrating the following techniques on each
– Checking for response and normal breathing
– Recognising abnormal breathing
– Opening and clearing the airway
– Using correct hand location, compression depth rate in line with the ARC recommended ratio of compressions and ventilations
– Acting in the event of regurgitation or vomiting
– Following the single-rescuer procedure, including the demonstration of a rotation of operators with minimal interruptions to compressions
– Followed the prompts of an AED
– Provided an accurate verbal report of the incident
– Responded to at least one simulated resuscitation scenario contextualised to the candidate’s workplace/community setting.