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Learner Driver First Aid
St John Ambulance provides free online training designed to equip learner drivers and bystanders with basic first aid knowledge and the confidence to assist in the case that they are the first on scene at a road accident.
The Importance of Learner Driver First Aid
Basic first aid knowledge and skills can be the difference between life and death.
Driver First Aid is a free St John Ambulance Australia online awareness course, which will help the next generation of drivers to learn the skills needed to help someone in the event of an accident.
Every year on our roads
around 1,200 Australians are killed and 44,000 are seriously injured.
Did you know?
- Evidence shows that bystander First Aid reduces pre-hospital deaths and severe injury in the critical time it takes emergency services to arrive at the scene
- It is in the immediate aftermath of a traffic accident—the first 3 to 5 minutes—when giving life-preserving actions really matter. For example, it takes 4 minutes for a person to die from a blocked airway (hypoxia) — the single cause of an estimated 85% of pre-hospital traffic deaths
- Even in the shortest ambulance response time (9–14 minutes in Australia), without immediate First Aid intervention, a person with a blocked airway will not survive. The simple act of lifting the unconscious person’s chin to unblock their airway, could save their life or lessen the impact of injury.
- Knowing how to control severe bleeding is another immediate life-saving intervention — the loss of blood causes an estimated 30% of motor vehicle accident pre-hospital deaths.
Learner Driver First Aid
How it works
1
An introduction to first aid
2
Basic life support – DRSABCD
3
Wounds and bleeding
The course takes approximately 30–45 minutes to complete. Participants will be issued with a certificate once they have completed the course. Please note is not a formal first aid certification.
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the course now.
Anyone can save a life on Australia’s roads.
Basic First Aid Interventions in the crucial minutes after a crash or roadside incident, such as keeping an airway open, stopping a bleed, or applying an Automated External Defibrillator can save a life or prevent further injury.
Visit the Drivers First Aid website to find out more.
