CPR Courses
Natalie is an accredited instructor of NZ Resuscitation Council CORE courses. The course content complies with the current NZ Resuscitation Council guidelines and all participants receive certificates complying with their professional organisations. She believes that effective training is as true to life as possible, and we use the latest high fidelity QCPR Laerdal manikins.
Basic Life Support
Adult and Child collapse management.
This is a practical 2 hour session for rescuers at a basic level.
Participants:
- Administration staff
- Physiotherapists
- Medical Radiation Technologists
- Phlebotomists
- Pharmacists – NOT providing an immunisation service
- Dental Technicians – non-patient contact
- General public
Course content:
- Primary survey DRSABCD
- Basic life support adult/child/infant
- Understanding and use of an AED
- Management of a choking adult/child/infant
Resuscitation training for Vaccinators – Not suitable for Registered Nurses
This is a practical three-hour session for healthcare professionals who are involved in delivering immunisation in the community.
Ministry of Health 2020 guidelines state vaccinators no longer require oxygen and airway management training.
Please note: This is the minimal requirement for vaccinators, if your emergency equipment offers oxygen and airway adjuncts you will need to attend an CORE Immediate course.
Course content:
- Primary survey DRSABCD
- Basic life support for adult/child/infant
- Understanding and use of an AED
- Management of a choking adult/child/infant
- Management and the treatment of Anaphylaxis
- Administration of an EpiPen and adrenaline
CORE Immediate
Adult and Child collapse management.
This course is for rescuers who might be expected to manage the early stages of cardiac arrest. Certification requires the learner to demonstrate a standard of simulated practical skills facilitated by self-directed learning before the course (one-week minimum), face-to-face training (4.5 hours), and formal skills assessment.
After completing all assessments, the learner will receive their CORE certificate and be invited to provide feedback on their experience.
Participants:
- Registered Nurses. Required 2 yearly.
- GPs undergoing Fellowship (also possible to do CORE Advanced)
- Dentists NOT providing any form of sedation. Required 2 yearly.
- Clinical Dental Technicians / Hygiene Therapists. Required 2 yearly.
- Pharmacists provide an immunisation service that offers oxygen and airway adjuncts as part of their emergency equipment. Required 2 yearly
Course content:
- Primary survey DRSABCD
- Basic life support for adult/child/infant
- Understanding and use of an AED
- Management of a choking adult/child/infant
- Use of oxygen and Airway management
- Emergency drugs
- Medical emergency scenarios: anaphylaxis and cardiac arrest
CORE Skills
Adult and Child collapse management.
This is a practical 4 hour session for rescuers who do not want to be assessed in practical and theoretical resuscitation skills. The RNZCGPs endorse it.
Participants:
- This is required for all GP registrars on the training programme (except for those undergoing Fellowship assessment) and all GP Fellows. It is required at least three times yearly.
Course content (in addition to CORE Immediate)
- Any component of CORE Advanced
CORE Advanced
Adult and Child collapse management.
This course is for the advanced rescuer who is expected to manage and supervise resuscitation events. Certification requires the learner to demonstrate a standard of simulated practical skills facilitated by self-directed learning before the course (three weeks minimum), face-to-face training (8.5 hours), formal skills assessment, theoretical exam, and rhythm recognition.
After completing all assessments, the learner will receive their CORE certificate and be invited to provide feedback on their experience.
Participants:
- Registered Nurses working in acute clinical areas. Required 2 yearly.
- Doctors – GPs undergoing Fellowship (also possible to do CORE Immediate).
- DRHM training and Fellows, and recommended for all rural doctors and those providing high risk procedural services. Required 3 yearly.
- Dentists providing ANY form of sedation (including oral). Required 2 yearly.
Course content (in addition to CORE Immediate)
- Manage and supervise resuscitation scenarios
- Full drug/defibrillation regimes
- Consider and correct a number of conditions that predispose to cardiac arrest
- Rhythm recognition
Pricelist for CPR training per person
| CPR Level | Cost | + GST | Total |
| Infant and Child Emergency Care | $50.00 | $7.50 | $57.50 |
| Basic Life Support | $80.00 | $12.00 | $92.00 |
| Resuscitation Training for Vaccinators | $140.00 | $21.00 | $161.00 |
| CORE Immediate | $200.00 | $30.00 | $230.00 |
| CORE Skills | $240.00 | $36.00 | $276.00 |
| CORE Advanced | $400.00 | $60.00 | $460.00 |
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Testimonial
The guys had a great morning today with the lovely ladies from Resus. We had two groups of nine with 2-3 first aiders in each group, the ladies then went on to explain DRSABCD and then on to two scenarios involving trauma and a collapse, whilst telling us some interesting stories.- James Riordan - Site Manager / Gibbons Construction Ltd
The environment that we did it in was great as subbies and other workers were still working in the area so it made it a real world scenario with distractions you would have before the hooter is sounded.The guys had nothing but great feedback and praise towards the training and everyone learnt some valuable tools to use in the event that we have an accident on site that requires some first aid. More so now that everyone has had a chance to learn and not just the guys put on the normal first aid courses.
Another point the guys made was the benefits of having the training outdoors and onsite rather than in a air conditioned class room with all the paper work which not everyone learns easily from.
The ladies did talk about a certificate they could give out to those that attended and we could file that under everyone's competency records.
All in all very beneficial for the guys and anyone working at the hospice and for those out of work scenarios where we need some knowledge on first aid.