Comprehensive Workplace First Aid
Recommended for most workplaces. Covers CPR, choking, bleeding, shock, a wide range of injuries and illnesses, and managing multiple casualties.
Comprehensive Workplace First Aid is our most popular course and the one we recommend for most New Zealand workplaces. It is designed for designated workplace first aiders, health and safety representatives, team leaders and anyone whose role calls for a thorough level of first aid capability.
The course covers CPR and the use of an AED, choking, severe bleeding, shock and the recognition and management of a wide range of injuries and illnesses, including fractures, burns, head injuries, asthma, allergic reactions and cardiac events. You will also learn how to assess a scene safely and manage incidents involving multiple casualties.
Training is delivered in a blended format. You complete the theory through online self-study at your own pace before attending 8 hours of practical, hands-on learning in class, so classroom time is spent on realistic scenarios and skill practice rather than slides.
Assessment is ongoing through the day, using practical demonstrations and short written checks aligned to NZQA unit standards 6400, 6401 and 6402. On successful completion you receive a certificate that is valid for two years, and we will remind you when it is time to renew.
Upcoming public classes
What You'll Learn in this Course
This course includes CPR training on adults, children and infants, AED's, shock, common injuries & illnesses and how to manage emergency situations:
- First aid principles
- Approaching an Accident Scene
- Scene Safety
- Primary Assessment - DRSABCD
- CPR - adult / child / infant
- AEDs / defibrillators
- Choking
- Bleeding
- Shock & recovery position
- Secondary Survey
- Burns, fractures, soft tissue injuries & poisoning
- Heart attacks, asthma, seizures, stroke, diabetes & allergies
- Heat & cold exposure
- Crush, head & spinal injuries
- Triage - managing multiple casualties
NZQA Credits
- 6400 Manage First Aid in an Emergency Situation - Level 3, Credits 2
- 6401 Provide First Aid - Level 2, Credits 1
- 6402 Provide Basic Life Support - Level 2, Credits 1
If you would like these credits logged with NZQA, please provide your National Student Number (NSN) and your date of birth to your MediTrain Instructor. There is no charge for this service.
Course requirements
Students are required to:
- be able to read and understand English – there are practical, written and verbal assessments in this course.
- be able to kneel on the floor to perform CPR.
- be 14 years or older.
If you have any questions about these requirements, please contact us before your course.
Why train with MediTrain?
NZQA approved provider
Nationally recognised training and assessment aligned to NZQA unit standards.
Over 30 years of experience
More than three decades of first aid training across New Zealand workplaces.
Blended learning that sticks
Online theory at your own pace backed by hands-on classroom practice.
Instructors from real medical backgrounds
Learn from trainers with genuine emergency and clinical experience.
Find a Course Near You
This course runs at venues across New Zealand, from Northland to Southland. Choose your region to see local course dates, venues and the team you'll be training with.
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