PUAEME005 Provide pain management
This course covers the proper administration of paracetamol and methoxyflurane to relieve pain.
Updated 27 April 2022
For the continued safety of staff and students in line with current COVID settings, the following measures are in place:
- PPE including masks and gloves are available at our public classes for students
- All students are required to wear masks during any assessments that prevent them from maintaining 1.5m distance from another student
- Students will not be required to practice first aid techniques on other students or staff, only on themselves or a manikin. For example, bandaging, CPR, recovery position and use of EpiPens will not be conducted on others. Students will not be directed to breathe into a manikin at this time.
- Thorough cleaning of all equipment after every class
- Alcohol based hand sanitiser is available throughout the venue for use upon arrival, during class and on departure
- We discard all bandages, dressings or other class consumables at the end of the class and they are not re-used
If a student has tested positive for COVID-19 in the 7 days prior they must not attend any face-to-face St John training course.
For a limited time only, all First Aid training will come with access to our Infection Control eLearning course that participants can complete online in just 45 minutes.
Students will receive a link to the course on their student readiness page.
This course provides practical advice for you and your workplace teams to follow to help reduce the spread of infection such as Coronavirus.
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 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:
- PUAEME005 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 (HLTAID001/HLTAID007) 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 HLTAID003 or 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.
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