The Range Statement relates to the Unit of Competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording in the Performance Criteria is detailed below. |
Operation and task information may include: | availability of company personnel to provide technical advice environmental and other hazards incident location other public safety organisations at the scene or en route time of day and traffic density type of rescue and number of casualties type of machinery or household item involved |
Domestic or industrial rescue may include: | domestic rescue children with fingers in drain plugs removal of rings persons who are physically incapable of removing themselves from their houses due to ill health industrial rescue agricultural machinery disentanglement from machinery located in factories, warehouses and building sites elevators/escalators industrial/construction incidents industrial machinery entrapments occupant/s trapped in elevators and escalators shipping containers |
Rescue resources may include: | ancillary equipment such as stretchers firefighting equipment hand tools hot cutting equipment lifting and hauling equipment lighting equipment pneumatic hydraulic mechanical electrical tools patient protection equipment rescue units and stowed equipment tool boxes |
Personal protective equipment and clothing may include: | boots eye protection gloves hearing protection helmet knee/elbow protection |
Systematic approach must include: | assessment i.e. call out and response, route, scene, liaison, casualties positioning of vehicle i.e. dangers, access and casualties procedures i.e. dangers, casualty protection, extrication, warning devices and lighting |
Potential hazards and associated risks may include: | moving machinery electrocution industrial traffic (forklifts etc.) various industrial work environments |
Communication may include: | radio communications (radio, telephones and information technology) warning signals |
Other relevant personnel may include: | ambulance officers company personnel emergency services personnel household occupants police utility technicians |
Rescue scene reconnaissance may include: | collecting relevant information about casualty/s and hazards isolating and eliminating utilities surveying the incident scene |
Situational and environmental hazards may include: | adverse weather biological hazards such as body fluids and tissue convergence dangerous goods and hazardous substances difficult terrain dusts electrical and mechanical moving machinery electricity equipment power/drive systems gas mobile property sharp and jagged objects slippery surfaces vehicle fuel systems water and sewerage utilities |
Treating hazards may include: | eliminating the hazard isolating the area/source stabilising overhead hazards using atmospheric monitoring equipment using PPE and clothing |
Potential dangers may include: | electrical hazards fuel stability and location of machinery |
Accessing the scene may include: | allowing clear access and egress for other responding vehicles and ambulances establishing a clear area to manoeuvre personnel, stretchers |
Limitations of operating equipment may include: | access to incident site equipment capacities and limitations |
Impact effects on occupancyareas may include: | disconnection of essential services |
Potential effects on casualty may include: | confinement without entrapment (elevators) limb entrapment |
Stabilising the occupancy area may include: | isolating utilities (power, gas, water etc.) meshing gears on machinery |
Hygiene precautions may include: | avoiding contact with body fluids and tissue decontaminating equipment at scene and placing protective clothing and gloves in a sealed bag for special dry cleaning using correct personal protective clothing and equipment using surgical gloves under protective work gloves washing hands wearing appropriate protective clothing |
Gaining access to entrapped casualty/s may include: | accessing elevator shaft disassembling of machinery managing moving machinery managing utilities supplies removing domestic plumbing equipment |
Primary survey: | is a methodical process used to quickly identify immediate life threatening injuries and conditions that require intervention should be completed promptly upon initial patient contact if no immediate life threatening injuries and conditions requiring intervention are found during the survey should be completed as soon as possible if it is interrupted should only be interrupted when: life threatening condition is identified and immediate life saving interventions are initiated scene conditions require that the patient be moved immediately due to danger to first emergency care responders or the patient |
Treating located casualty/s may include: | first aid |
Removing casualty/s may include: | rescue/spine boards stretchers team stretcher handling |
Preserving the scene may include: | defining and redefining scene boundary preserving evidence and related legal requirements securing the scene |
Recovering, cleaning and servicing of equipment may include: | contaminated clothing and equipment cleaned or disposed equipment inspected for damage and serviceability inventories checked |
Signs and symptoms of operational stress may include: | critical incident stress dehydration fatigue hypothermia |
Debriefings may include: | critical incident stress debriefing operational analysis post-incident analysis performance evaluations |
Documentation may include: | AIRS/coroner report near miss injury report notebooks completed operational debrief post operational analysis |
Exposure records may include: | reporting form that documents any exposure that may result in a short- or long-term associated injury such as: hazardous substances, such as dust, vapours, fumes, radiation and chemical substances heavy repetitive work over long periods of time lifting heavy loads noise psycho-social hazards (e.g. critical incident stress) |