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 First Aid Revalidation

You can revalidate up to 3 months after your certificate expiry date.
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This course renews your current first aid certificate and updates your skills using the latest first aid guidelines and practices.

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Suitable for people holding a current or recently expired first aid certificate. You can revalidate with City First Aid regardless of where you originally completed your training.

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You'll refresh CPR, choking management, severe bleeding control, medical emergencies, unconscious people,  and emergency response skills through practical scenarios and hands-on learning.

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Price: $142

Choose your format:

  • 6 hours in person

  • Or blended learning with online pre-course study (3 hours online + 3.5 hours in person)

Where: Public classes held in Christchurch (La Vida Centre or The Cashmere Club), Rangiora, Kaikōura and Hanmer Springs (Blended NZFA), or at your workplace anywhere in the South Island.

Certificate: valid for 2 years. Certificate expired? Book our Foundation First Aid or New Zealand First Aid Certificate 

 

NZQA Standards: NZ First Aid Revalidation (US 6402, 6401, and 6400)
Foundation First Aid Revalidation (US 6402 and 6401)

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Want this course at your workplace? We come to you, anywhere in the South Island. See Workplace Training.

What you'll refresh

 

Manage a Scene
• Scene safety and hazard management
• Calling 111 and working with emergency services
• Understanding stress and adrenaline in an emergency

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CPR and Life Support 
• CPR for adults, children and infants
• Choking management
• Using an AED

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Unconscious People
• Recovery (Stable SIde) position
• Monitoring and ongoing care

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Bleeding and Shock

• Recognising life-threatening bleeding

• Tourniquet use

• Recognising and managing shock

Medical Emergencies
• Asthma attacks
• Heart attack and chest pain emergencies
• Stroke recognition
• Diabetes emergencies
• Seizures and epilepsy

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Injuries and Trauma
• Common injuries and burns
• Fractures and trauma management

 

Practical Scenarios
• Applying first aid skills in realistic emergency situations

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