Elements and Performance Criteria
- Elements define the essential outcomes.
- Determine workplace first aid requirements
- Identify workplace hazards and assess associated risks as a basis for determining first aid resource requirements
- Identify first aid equipment, resources and personnel required to address workplace requirements
- Develop first aid action plans in consultation with relevant parties
- Provide information to encourage risk minimisation and enable access to first aid facilities
- Establish and maintain workplace first aid facilities
- Monitor and maintain availability of first aid equipment, resources and personnel to support workplace first aid response
- Conduct regular inspections of stock and equipment to ensure currency and operational readiness in line with workplace requirements
- Ensure equipment is recovered and reprocessed and that waste is disposed of safely according to legislative and workplace procedures
- Ensure equipment and resources are stored and maintained in line with relevant legislation and manufacturer’s/supplier’s instructions
- Deploy appropriate equipment, resources and personnel to ensure timely and effective first aid response in line with workplace requirements
- Maintain workplace first aid records
- Ensure documentation is completed as required according to legislation and workplace procedures
- Maintain first aid records in line with legislative requirements and workplace security practices
- Send relevant documents to appropriate bodies in line with workplace and legislative requirements
- Maintain confidentiality of records and information in line with privacy principles and statutory and/or organisational policies
- Review the provision of first aid in the workplace
- Participate in debriefing/evaluation to improve future operations and address individual needs
- Evaluate management of workplace first aid incidents in relation to required resources, personnel, current organisational procedures and individual first aid action plans
- Contribute to the review of workplace policies and procedures in accordance with risk assessment and evaluation of first aid provision