- PUAEME001B - Provide emergency care
PUAEME001B
Provide emergency care
Application
This unit applies to all public safety workers who are required to provide initial life-saving emergency care at an incident. It is not designed for workers whose primary response role is one of emergency care, first aid, or pre-hospital care.
Prerequisites
PUAFIR215 Prevent injury (Fire sector specific)
Elements and Performance Criteria
ELEMENT | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
1. Identify need for emergency care | 1.1 Initial assessment is made of extent and nature of emergency care required. 1.2 Initial assessment is communicated to appropriate personnel in accordance with organisation's policies and procedures. |
2. Ensure personal safety of carer and casualty | 2.1 Hygiene is maintained for protection of self and casualty. 2.2 Hazards to the carer are identified and appropriate action taken to safeguard against injury. |
3. Reassure casualty | 3.1 A calm, caring and reassuring manner is adopted in interaction with the casualty and others at the scene. 3.2 Casualty is made comfortable using available resources. |
4. Assess casualty and implement emergency care procedures | 4.1 Casualty assessed for DRABC. 4.2 Vital signs are continually monitored, recorded and any changes considered in planning treatment and reported as appropriate. 4.3 Treatment appropriate to the casualty's injuries is provided in line with approved first aid techniques and standards. 4.4 First aid equipment is operated in accordance with manufacturer's procedures and instructions, and organisational standards, policies, procedures and protocols. 4.5 Casualty's condition is monitored and reported in accordance with organisation's policies and procedures and treatment modified as necessary. 4.6 Treatment is maintained until qualified medical help takes over. |
5. Work cooperatively with personnel from other organisations | 5.1 Clear and comprehensive reports are provided to personnel involved in ongoing casualty care. 5.2 Members of other emergency services are assisted in their tasks in accordance with organisation's standards and personal level of responsibility and competence. |
6. Recover and restore first aid equipment | 6.1 First aid equipment is recovered, cleaned, inspected/tested, stored, restocked and resupplied and medical waste disposed of safely according to organisation's polices and procedures. 6.2 First aid equipment faults are rectified and/or reported in accordance with organisation's policies and procedures. |
7. Complete documentation | 7.1 Documentation is completed and processed in line with legislative, regulatory and organisation's requirements. |
Required Skills
This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level, required for this unit. |
Required Skills |
communicating verbally with casualties and others completing forms following procedures providing verbal reports to paramedical personnel remaining calm under time pressures and in difficult situations working with others in a team situation writing reports |
Required Knowledge |
Occupational Health and Safety guidelines for lifting and carrying systems of the body: respiratory skeletal digestive circulatory nervous urinary skin causes and management of unconsciousness priorities for life support in emergencies including the DRABC (danger, response, airway, breathing ventilation and circulation assessments) model Health Department guidelines for personal hygiene Australian Resuscitation Council resuscitation guidelines applying resuscitation techniques controlling bleeding casualty assessment principles of initial casualty management management of fractures and soft tissue injuries management of burns personal level of responsibility limitations competency |
Evidence Required
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit | Competency in this unit must be established through the practical demonstration of first aid skills, maintaining universal precautions and safety awareness. Accurate documentation and a caring approach to injured persons during first aid activities are critical. Consistency in performance Evidence should be gathered over a period of time in a range of actual or simulated workplace environments |
Context of and specific resources for assessment | Context of assessment Exercise or simulation, or a series of tasks are required to demonstrate competence in this unit. This may involve setting scenarios to be completed either individually or as a member of a team. Written or verbal questions may be used as supporting evidence. Specific resources for assessment Access to first aid equipment used in general operations is essential. |
Range Statement
Conditions under which this competency may be required include: | operating during any rescue or response situation including specialist rescue hazardous environmental conditions—adverse weather after dark operations difficult terrain debris traffic time pressures varying time frames—short term sudden impacts protracted response operations limited access to equipment necessitating the use of improvised techniques |
Equipment may include: | first aid kit personal protective equipment stretchers including improvised |
Details of incident obtained from: | casualty visual assessment of scene others at scene |
Maintaining personal safety may include: | washing hands using gloves |
Caring manner may include: | personal introduction and identification consistent with other priorities showing empathy communication with casualty voice tone and volume reassurance and gentle treatment all in a culturally appropriate manner |
Hazards may include: | bodily fluids traffic environmental hazards downed wires bystanders drugs sharps |
First aid techniques and standards may include: | Guidelines to Australian Resuscitation Council resuscitation standards State and Territory regulations |
Others may include: | family friends at scene |
Appropriate action may include: | protecting scene isolating scene relocating casualty |
Reporting as appropriate may include: | team leader supervisor medical personnel paramedical personnel emergency medical technician |
Treatment includes: | applying resuscitation techniques controlling bleeding managing fractures managing soft tissue injuries dressing burns and scalds |
Qualified health care personnel may include: | specialist personnel medical personnel |
Organisation’s standards, policies, procedures and protocols may include: | legislation relevant to the provision of emergency care legislation relevant to the organisation operational Standard Operating Procedures operational performance standards |
Reporting casualty’s condition may include: | need for confidentiality status on arrival treatment provided history observations made changes in conditions timeframes |
Documentation may include: | written reports casualty details approved forms verbal report personal notes |
Moving casualty may include: | individually or with assistance observing decency in regard to culture a range of manual handling techniques and lifts and carries |
Processing documentation may include: | providing reports to authorised personnel filing reports diary entries logs |
Sectors
Not applicable.
Employability Skills
This unit contains employability skills.
Licensing Information
Not applicable.