This course equips individuals with the skills and knowledge necessary to safely and effectively support clients in managing their medications. This unit is essential for healthcare workers, support staff, and carers in aged care, disability care, and community services, where assisting clients with medication is a routine and critical task.

This course involves the skills and knowledge required to administer restricted analgesics to provide pain management as part of a medically supervised first responder organisation. It includes identifying the need for analgesia; accessing, preparing and administering restricted pain relief such as analgesics according to medically endorsed protocols; performing casualty handovers and completing analgesic use requirements. The unit is applicable for personnel from emergency services, volunteer organisations or organisations that provide a medically supervised first aid service.

The Course in the Management of Asthma Risks and Emergencies is designed to provide learners with the skills and knowledge required to: • Develop, review, and update risk assessment and emergency management strategies for individuals identified with asthma and those presenting with asthma-like signs and symptoms. • Recognise the signs and symptoms of an asthma episode. • Respond safely to an asthma episode with first aid principles and procedures. • Use different types of asthma equipment and devices for adults, children and infants/babies.