HLTAID010 Meaning: Provide Basic Emergency Life Support

HLTAID010 is the Australian unit code for Provide basic emergency life support.
First aid often uses shortened forms of longer phrases. This section explains acronyms such as DRSABCD, CPR, AED, AVPU, and SAMPLE. Each entry expands the letters and explains what the term represents in a first aid context.

HLTAID010 is the Australian unit code for Provide basic emergency life support.

HLTAID009 is the Australian nationally recognised unit code for Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

CO means Carbon Monoxide, an invisible poisonous gas that can be life-threatening and cause collapse.

HAZCHEM is shorthand for hazardous chemicals and appears on workplace chemical warning signs and placards.

GHS means Globally Harmonized System, the classification and labelling system behind chemical hazard pictograms.

MSDS means Material Safety Data Sheet, an older term many people still use when they mean SDS.

SDS means Safety Data Sheet, the workplace document that explains chemical hazards, first aid and safe handling.

PIC means Poisons Information Centre, the 24-hour Australian advice line for poisoning, bites, stings and toxic exposure.

GTN means Glyceryl Trinitrate, a medicine some people are prescribed for angina or chest pain.

IM means intramuscular, a route where medicine is injected into a muscle.