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PUAEME008 Provide pain management

Nationally Recognised Training

This course covers the proper administration of paracetamol and methoxyflurane to relieve pain. 

PUAEME008 Provide pain management

This course is only recommended for personnel from emergency services, or organisations that provide a medically supervised first aid service.

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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. The unit is only applicable for personnel from emergency services, volunteer organisations or organisations that provide a medically supervised first aid service.

During this course you will get information about the use, storage and documentation of administration as well as ongoing monitoring of the casualty.

The course topics include revision of provide first aid, storage and documentation, pain management and analgesia.

This course is taught by St John trainers with over 100 years of combined experience and backgrounds in Nursing, Education and Leadership. They are ready to share their experience and passion with you that creates confidence to perform first aid should you ever need to.

Half day Face to Face

Course Outline

This course covers the following:

  • Revision of provide first aid
  • Storage and documentation
  • Pain management
  • Analgesia

Statement of attainment

On successful completion of this course you will be issued a Certificate which is a statement of attainment in:

  • PUAEME008 Provide pain management

St John recommends, as per the First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice and the Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines, that first aid skills are renewed every 3 years and resuscitation skills (HLTAID009/HLTAID0015) are renewed every 12 months.

A successful outcome for this statement of attainment will be determined by a range of different assessment methods including written assessment (questionnaire), observation of simulated and practical activities etc.

As a pre-requisite for this course, students must have completed HLTAID011 Provide First Aid.

Training Cancellations / Refund Policy: Refunds will not be issued for cancellations made less than 5 business days prior to the start of your course. If you wish to cancel, you must contact St John 1300 360 455 or emailing customer.service@stjohnvic.com.au at least 5 working days prior to the commencement of the course to be eligible for a refund of the course fees. Full terms and conditions can be found here.

Why train with St John?

WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED - St John are the largest provider of First Aid Training in Victoria. We have First Aid Training available in more locations than any other provider.

FLEXIBILITY - With the flexibility to train onsite at our facilities or at your workplace, we can train you and your business wherever and whenever it suits you – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year!

QUALITY - A training experience you can trust to be delivered to the same high standards by our passionate trainers, wherever and whenever training is completed.

WE GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY - St John is a self-funded not for profit. Our earnings go towards community programs which equip and prepare people to save lives.

Great trainer who provided the group with additional, practical information that we had not heard before. The sessions were very hands-on and the trainer moved around offering support when required.
Joanne Foley

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