Elements and Performance Criteria
- Respond in an emergency situation
- Recognise emergency situation and identify hazards to health and safety of self and others
- Minimise immediate risk to self and casualty health and safety by controlling any hazard in accordance with work health and safety requirements
- Assess casualty and identify injuries, illnesses and conditions
- Assess the need for assistance
- Apply identified first aid procedures
- Reassure casualty in a caring and calm manner and make comfortable using available resources
- Determine and explain relevant first aid procedures to provide comfort
- Seek consent from casualty prior to applying first aid management
- Respond to the casualty in a culturally aware, sensitive and respectful manner
- Use identified first aid procedures as required in accordance with established first aid principles, ARC Guidelines, guidelines of Australian national peak clinical bodies and State/Territory legislation and regulations
- Use safe manual handling techniques as required
- Communicate details of the incident
- Request ambulance support and/or appropriate medical assistance according to circumstances
- Accurately convey observation of casualty's condition and management activities to ambulance services/relieving personnel
- Adopt a communication style to match the casualty's level of consciousness
- Accurately assess and report details of casualty’s physical condition, changes in condition, management and responses to management in line with established procedures
- Maintain confidentiality of records and information in line with privacy principles and statutory and/or organisation policies
- Evaluate own performance