Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

PUAEME001 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Provide emergency care

Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024


Qualification -
Unit of Competency PUAEME001 - Provide emergency care
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit of competency involves the skills and knowledge required to provide emergency care pending the arrival of appropriately qualified personnel. It includes identifying need for emergency care, ensuring personal safety of carer and casualty, reassuring casualty, assessing casualty and implementing emergency care procedures, working cooperatively with personnel from other organisations, recovering and restoring first aid equipment and completing documentation.The unit is applicable to all public safety personnel who are required to provide initial lifesaving emergency care at an incident. It is not designed for personnel whose primary response role is one of emergency care, first aid or pre-hospital care.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field Emergency Care
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
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Reassure casualty
  • A calm, caring and reassuring manner is adopted in interaction with the casualty and others at the scene
  • Casualty is made comfortable using available resources
       
Element: Identify need for emergency care
  • Initial assessment is made of extent and nature of emergency care required
       
Element: Initial assessment is communicated to appropriate personnel, in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
       
Element: Ensure personal safety of carer and casualty
  • Hygiene is maintained for protection of self and casualty
       
Element: Hazards to the carer are identified and appropriate action is taken to safeguard against injury
  • A calm, caring and reassuring manner is adopted in interaction with the casualty and others at the scene
       
Element: Casualty is made comfortable using available resources
       
Element: Assess casualty and implement emergency care procedures
  • Casualty is assessed for Danger Response Airway Breathing Circulation (DRABC)
       
Element: Vital signs are continually monitored, recorded and any changes considered in planning treatment are reported, as appropriate
       
Element: Treatment appropriate to casualty's injuries are provided, in accordance with approved first aid techniques and standards
       
Element: First aid equipment is operated, in accordance with organisational policies, procedures, protocols and manufacturers' instructions
       
Element: Casualty's condition is monitored and reported, in accordance with organisational policies and procedures and treatment is modified, as required
       
Element: Treatment is maintained until qualified medical help takes over
       
Element: Work cooperatively with personnel from other organisations
  • Clear and comprehensive reports are provided to personnel involved in ongoing casualty care
       
Element: Members of other emergency services are assisted in their tasks, in accordance with organisational procedures and personal level of responsibility and competence
       
Element: Recover and restore first aid equipmentand complete documentation
  • First aid equipment is recovered, cleaned, inspected and/or tested, stored, restocked and resupplied and medical waste is disposed of safely, in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
       
Element: First aid equipment faults are rectified and/or reported, in accordance with organisational policies and procedures
       
Element: Documentation is completed and processed, in accordance with organisational procedures and legislative and regulatory requirements
       

Submission Requirements

List each assessment task's title, type (eg project, observation/demonstration, essay, assignment, checklist) and due date here

Assessment task 1: [title]      Due date:

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Assessment Tasks

Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

Non-essential conditions may be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
A calm, caring and reassuring manner is adopted in interaction with the casualty and others at the scene 
Casualty is made comfortable using available resources 
Initial assessment is made of extent and nature of emergency care required 
 
Hygiene is maintained for protection of self and casualty 
A calm, caring and reassuring manner is adopted in interaction with the casualty and others at the scene 
 
Casualty is assessed for Danger Response Airway Breathing Circulation (DRABC) 
 
 
 
 
 
Clear and comprehensive reports are provided to personnel involved in ongoing casualty care 
 
First aid equipment is recovered, cleaned, inspected and/or tested, stored, restocked and resupplied and medical waste is disposed of safely, in accordance with organisational policies and procedures 
 
 

Forms

Assessment Cover Sheet

PUAEME001 - Provide emergency care
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Assessment Record Sheet

PUAEME001 - Provide emergency care

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