Elements and Performance Criteria
- Respond to an inflight first aid emergency
- Inflight first aid emergencies are recognised
- Immediate hazards to health and safety of self and others are identified, assessed and managed
- A systematic patient assessment allowing for quick identification of atrisk patients is completed
- Situation is assessed and assistance is sought from other flight crew or aviation support services
- Apply appropriate inflight first aid procedures
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is performed in accordance with Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) guidelines
- Inflight first aid is provided in accordance with established first aid principles
- Respectful behaviour towards casualty is displayed
- Consent from casualty is obtained where possible
- Available aircraft resources and equipment are used to make casualty as comfortable as possible
- First aid equipment is operated in accordance with manufacturer instructions
- Casualty’s condition is monitored continuously and responded to in accordance with first aid principles
- Communicate incident details
- Incident and patient details are accurately conveyed to emergency response services
- Details of incident are reported to workplace supervisor as appropriate
- Comprehensive patient records are completed and confidentiality of these records and information is maintained in accordance with statutory and/or organisational policies
- Evaluate impact of incident on own performance