TAFE NSW is offering Moree residents a valuable opportunity to gain first aid training.
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The Moree campus is currently offering an industry-leading short course in first aid.
The Statement of Attainment in Provide First Aid is a course which allows people to acquire key knowledge as well as skill sets that prepare them for dealing with any type of medical emergency situation.
According to the Red Cross, Australia has one of the lowest rates in the world for first aid training, with less than five per cent of people trained in how to handle a medical emergency.
This is despite about 500,000 Australians being hospitalised annually for injuries, with about 12,000 of those people losing their lives.
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Meanwhile, an average of 33,000 people suffer cardiac arrests in Australia each year, with only five to seven per cent of victims surviving.
"First aid is something you hope you never need but you never know when you will need it," TAFE NSW Moree first aid teacher Steve Tremont said.
"It's an amazing feeling to help someone and having these skills stops you from feeling helpless when you're confronted by an emergency."
Mr Tremont said a first aid certificate was highly regarded by employers and was a prerequisite for some roles in industries like childcare, education, fitness and leisure, disability care, community services and health.
The TAFE NSW short course gives students the flexibility of eight hours pre-work online, followed by a day at your local TAFE NSW facilities for practice and assessment. The interactive day equips students with skills in basic life support, casualty management, CPR and use of a defibrillator.
"Anyone can do first aid, young and old; as long as you can physically get down on the floor, you can do it," Mr Tremont said.
He said some past students had extraordinary stories to tell.
"TAFE NSW Tamworth had a student undertake this first aid course. Shortly after she was able to provide CPR to someone who had experienced a heart attack and saved his life," Mr Tremont said.
Safe Work Australia advises at least one in every 50 workers in an office environment and one in 25 workers in a higher risk environment, like a construction site, should have a first aid certificate.
To find out more about studying a first aid short course or a course in semester two at TAFE NSW Moree phone 131 601 or visit www.tafensw.edu.au.
