Elements and Performance Criteria
- Perform immediate lifesaving first aid pending the arrival of medical assistance
- The priorities of first aid care are correctly applied in a real or simulated first aid situation
- The DRABC action plan is correctly used to identify and control danger, loss of consciousness, loss of airway, breathing and circulation
- An unconscious casualty is correctly placed in stable side position and the steps in clearing the airways to promote breathing in accordance with established first aid procedures
- The correct method of expired air resuscitation (EAR), external cardiac compression (ECC) and cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is applied in a real life resuscitation situation, or in a simulated exercise using a mannequin