Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
ACMVET506A Mapping and Delivery Guide
Perform emergency procedures to sustain life
Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | ACMVET506A - Perform emergency procedures to sustain life |
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Description | This Unit of Competency covers the process of responding with urgency to perform pre-hospital evaluations, apply and maintain first aid to sustain life, and carry out triage procedures for emergency and specialised critical care cases. | ||
Employability Skills | This Unit contains employability skills | ||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This Unit is specifically designed for nurses who work in a veterinary hospital or emergency/specialist veterinary clinic where an extensive range of emergency and critical care procedures are performed. Performing emergency procedures to sustain life requires access to a veterinary hospital or emergency / specialist veterinary clinic where emergency and specialised critical care procedures are performed; veterinarians who perform emergency and specialised critical care procedures; patients and clients requiring emergency and specialised critical care surgery, nursing and discharge; and the equipment, instruments and resources required to perform emergency and specialised critical care procedures.In addition to legal and ethical responsibilities, all Units of Competency in the ACM10 Animal Care and Management Training Package have the requirement for animals to be handled gently and calmly. The individual is required to exhibit appropriate care for animals so that stress and discomfort is minimised. | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. |
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Prerequisites/co-requisites | Nil | ||
Competency Field |
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
Slides PPT |
Assessment 1 | Assessment 2 | Assessment 3 | Assessment 4 | |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Perform pre-hospital evaluation |
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Element: Apply and maintain first aid to sustain life |
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Element: Perform initial evaluation |
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Element: Carry out triage procedures and stabilise patient under veterinarian direction |
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Element: Complete history and secondary survey |
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