Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
HLTANA003 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Assist with airway management
Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024
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Unit of Competency | HLTANA003 - Assist with airway management |
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Description | |||
Employability Skills | |||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit describes the skills and knowledge required provide assistance to the anaesthetist in airway management during anaesthesia and resuscitation, including difficult and emergency airways. The unit applies to anaesthetic technicians working under the direction of, and in consultation with, an anaesthetist, in any hospital or day surgery setting.The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand standards and industry codes of practice. | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. The following aspects of the performance evidence must have been demonstrated in the workplace with the addition of simulations and scenarios where the full range of contexts and situations have not been provided in the workplace: followed established airway management processes and techniques including performing or assisting with at least 10 of each of the following: pre-oxygenation bag or mask ventilation SAD insertion oral insertion of endotracheal tubes airway management during emergence The following aspects of the performance evidence must have been demonstrated in the workplace or in a simulated environment that reflects workplace conditions: followed established airway management processes and techniques including performing or assisting with at least 3 of each of the following: laser tubes rapid sequence induction predicted difficult airway attaching clients to ventilators nasal insertion of endotracheal tubes endobronchial tube insertion gas induction tracheostomy tube failed airway scenarios The following conditions must be met for this unit: use of suitable facilities, equipment and resources, including: airway management equipment: nasal and oral endotracheal tubes tracheostomy tubes laryngoscopes, including video, conventional, McCoy and fibreoptic video or fibreoptic bronchoscopes endobronchial tubes/endobronchial blockers other difficult intubation equipment emergency airway equipment intubation aids (e.g. stylet, bougie, exchange catheter) oropharyngeal/nasopharyngeal airways Supraglottic airways anaesthetic circuits self inflating bag resuscitator face masks connectors filters Magill’s forceps general medical equipment: suction equipment for oesophageal and tracheal suction throat packs lubricant scissors syringes monitoring equipment: electrocardiography (ECG) stethoscope oxygen and gas analyser, spirometer, airway pressure and carbon dioxide monitor cuff pressure gauge pulse oximetry neuromuscular transmission monitor arterial blood gas measurement personal protective equipment paediatric & adult mannequins for initial simulated assessment modelling of industry operating conditions, including presence of situations requiring problem solving in non-routine situations Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors. |
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Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Elements define the essential outcomes | ||||||||
Element: Select, check and prepare airway management equipment in accordance with manufacturer’s guidelines |
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Element: Perform bag and mask ventilation |
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Element: Assist with insertion of supraglottic airway devices (SAD) |
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Element: Assist with insertion of endotracheal, orally or nasally and/or endobronchial tubes |
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Element: Assist with rapid sequence induction |
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Element: Assist with predicted difficult airway/intubation |
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Element: Assist with connection/ disconnection of client to/from ventilation equipment |
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Element: Assist in management of client’s airway during emergence phase |
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Element: Select, check and prepare airway management equipment in accordance with manufacturer’s guidelines |
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Element: Assist in management of client’s airway during emergence phase |
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