To organise an
ECD BELS, Anaphylaxis or
Seizure Management program at your site
email Lyn Thoonen.
To book into a program run by the Australian Red Cross please contact them on 8293 9209
Please Note:
The maximum group size for ECD BELS is limited to 15 participants to ensure that the required assessment occurs.
Sites who run courses for less than 15 participants will be invoiced
$52.00 for each vaca
ncy.
Apply First Aid (previously known as Senior
First Aid) is not currently scheduled through chess.
Bookings
can be made through any registered first aid training organisation.
The Department for Education and Child Development (ECD) offers the
ECD Basic Emergency Life Support (BELS) program (formally DECS BELS) for education and childcare workers as well as Anaphylaxis and Seizure Management training.
ECD BELS has been developed in collaboration with
First Aid training organisations to comply with national first aid training recommendations. Principals and directors should ensure that all learners can access first aid support.
ECD BELS is only run by Australian Red Cross.
Some learners have an additional, individual first aid needs (eg use of Epi-Pen for anaphylaxis, emergency (not routine) administration of oxygen for a respiratory conditions, seizure management).
Staff asked to undertake such procedures as part of their responsibilities should first contact the Australian Red Cross SA Division to determine whether an ECD funded and supported program is available.
Where such programs are available, they should be attended by all staff members who have the learner in their care.
The
level of financial support for first aid training has been increased.
Funding will be provided for any permanent teacher or permanent preschool and school support staff wanting to undertake the new ECD BELS course as their current first
aid certificate expires.
There
is no change to arrangements for first aid courses related to individual
student needs (for example first aid for anaphylaxis and use
of prescribed intranasal midazolam): sites book these directly with Australian Red Cross and the training cost is covered centrally.
