Learning Activity Description: 

As a health care worker providing care or services to older people living in residential or home care you are required to practice in accordance with the requirements of the Aged Care Quality Standards.

This learning resource will also have relevance in all of other health care settings providing care or services to older people.

Aged Care Learning Solutions educational material is endorsed by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation.

Learning Outcomes: 

• List the steps to take if a person is non-responsive and not breathing normally 
• Discuss some of the legal issues that relate to CPR and first aid 
• List the steps to take in an emergency situation 
• State how to determine if someone is unconscious 
• Explain how to do rescue breathing 
• Explain how to do chest compressions 
• Explain how to use an AED