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Version 1.6 (May 2021)

Welcome to the Survive First-Aid Student Resource.

Getting Started

To navigate through this resource, simply click on the stacked icon in the top left of the page. You will then be able to see a menu of all topic areas on the left. You can also search from this menu.

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Change Log

v1.6 (June 2023)

Updated the following resources:

  • Fixed minor corrections and typos

v1.5 (May 2021)

Added the following resources:

  • ANZCOR Guideline 9.2.12 - Recognition and First Aid Management of the Seriously Ill Person Including Sepsis
  • ANZCOR Guideline 9.2.11 - First Aid Management of the Agitated Person
  • Survive First-Aid Pocket Handbook:
    • Evidence-based Guide to Heat Stress
    • Assess the Cold Patient
    • Care for the Cold Patient

v1.4 (May 2021)

Updated the following guidelines to reflect ANZCOR changes:

  • ANZCOR BLS Flowchart
  • ANZCOR Guideline 2 - Managing an Emergency
  • ANZCOR Guideline 3 - Recognition and First Aid Management of the Unconscious Person
  • ANZCOR Guideline 4 - Airway
  • ANZCOR Guideline 5 - Breathing
  • ANZCOR Guideline 6 - Compressions
  • ANZCOR Guideline 7 - Automated External Defibrillation in Basic Life Support
  • ANZCOR Guideline 8 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
  • ANZCOR Guideline 9.1.1 - First Aid for Management of Bleeding
  • ANZCOR Guideline 9.1.5 - Harness Suspension Trauma - First Aid Management
  • ANZCOR Guideline 9.2.1 - Recognition and First Aid Management of Suspected Heart Attack
  • ANZCOR Guideline 9.2.2 - Stroke
  • ANZCOR Guideline 9.2.9 - First-aid Management of a Diabetic Emergency
  • ANZCOR Guideline 9.2.10 - The Use of Oxygen in Emergencies
  • ANZCOR Guideline 9.3.5 - Resuscitation and First Aid for Divers who have Breathed Compressed Gas
  • ANZCOR Guideline 9.4.1- Australian Snake Bite
  • ANZCOR Guideline 9.4.2 - Australian Spider Bite

v1.3 (March 2020)

Added the following guidelines:

  • Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment and Prevention of Drowning: 2019 Update
  • Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diabetes Management
  • Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Out-of-Hospital Evaluation and Treatment of Accidental Hypothermia: 2019 Update
  • Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for Water Disinfection for Wilderness, International Travel, and Austere Situations

Updated the following guidelines:

  • Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Heat Illness: 2019 Update
  • Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Frostbite: 2019 Update
  • Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for Spinal Cord Protection
  • Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Acute Altitude Illness: 2019 Update