Elements and Performance Criteria
- Assess the situation
- Identify assess and minimise hazards in the situation that may pose a risk of injury or illness to self and others
- Minimise immediate risk to self and casualty's health and safety by controlling any hazard in accordance with work health and safety requirements
- Assess casualty and identify injuries, illnesses and conditions
- Apply first aid procedures
- Adopt a communication style to match the casualty’s level of consciousness
- Use available resources and equipment to make the casualty as comfortable as possible
- Respond to the casualty in a culturally aware, sensitive and respectful manner
- Determine and explain relevant first aid procedures to provide comfort
- Seek consent from casualty prior to applying first aid management
- Provide first aid management in accordance with established first aid principles and procedures
- Seek first aid assistance from others in a timely manner and as appropriate
- Correctly operate first aid equipment for first aid management according to manufacturer/supplier’s instructions and procedures
- Use safe manual handling techniques
- Monitor casualty's condition and respond in accordance with established first aid principles and procedures
- Finalise casualty management according to casualty’s needs and first aid principles
- Communicate details of the incident
- Request ambulance support and/or appropriate medical assistance according to relevant circumstance
- Accurately convey observation of casualty’s condition and management activities to ambulance services / relieving personnel
- Accurately assess and report details of casualty’s physical condition, changes in conditions, management and response 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