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TLIX6052A Mapping and Delivery Guide
Plan health support for deployed personnel

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Issue Date: May 2024


Qualification -
Unit of Competency TLIX6052A - Plan health support for deployed personnel
Description This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to plan health support in support of organisational operations. Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements are applicable to this unit.
Employability Skills This unit contains employability skills.
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit of competency was written to support Defence operations that are likely to involve casualties and are therefore supported by health elements. However, the skills and knowledge are applicable to a variety of deployed operations such as health support for natural disasters and humanitarian activities.The candidate will bring well developed management and communication skills as well as specialist skills in health coordination and the management of health services. This type of coordination would typically occur in an organisational headquarters with full access to information technology and staff support services. All activities are carried out in accordance with relevant organisational policy and procedures.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.
Prerequisites/co-requisites Not Applicable
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
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Analyse the health requirements
  • Operational situation and tempo are analysed in order to establish the scope and intent of health support
  • Information is sourced and analysed to identify the health support planning factors
  • Information systems are utilised to compile and analyse casualty planning data
  • Health risk assessments are prepared to classify the health risks to the organisation and to inform the development of the health estimate
  • Casualty estimates are produced to inform health planning and compilation of the health estimate
  • Health estimates are produced to support a number of courses of action to support command appreciation
       
Element: Develop the health support plan
  • Health support organisational structure is developed to meet the health estimates within organisational resource constraints
  • The lines of health support and types of health support are identified along with clear lines of responsibility and agreed casualty exchange points
  • The imperatives of health support are applied to the development of the health support plan and identification of a preferred course of action
  • Health support control measures are determined to provide adequate regulation of casualties and to support casualty survivability
  • Health information requirements are planned and integrated into the health support plan to ensure health information is collected and analysed to inform ongoing health planning
  • Health administration requirements are planned and integrated into the health support plan
  • Health plan is developed to detail the provision of services and the establishment and operation of operational health elements
  • Health plan is communicated to stakeholders
       
Element: Integrate the health plan
  • Liaison with other stakeholders is undertaken to ensure the health plan is integrated into the larger logistic or operational plan
  • Health plan is adjusted in accordance with changing operational tempo or the need to synchronise with other logistic functions
  • Specialist health input and recommendations are provided to management regarding health support and the employment of health support capabilities
       


Evidence Required

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The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required knowledge and skills, the range statement and the assessment guidelines for this Training Package.

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria of this unit

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Competency should be demonstrated on at least one occasion covering the scope of the unit of competence

Resources for assessment include:

a range of relevant exercises, case studies and/or other simulated practical and knowledge assessment, and/or

access to an appropriate range of relevant operational situations in the workplace

In both real and simulated environments, access is required to:

relevant and appropriate materials and equipment, and

applicable documentation including workplace procedures, regulations, codes of practice and operation manuals

Method of assessment

Assessment of this unit must be undertaken by a registered training organisation

As a minimum, assessment of knowledge must be conducted through appropriate written/oral tests

Practical assessment must occur:

through activities in an appropriately simulated environment, and/or

in an appropriate range of situations in the workplace

Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

This describes the essential knowledge and skills and their level required for this unit.

Required knowledge:

Organisational policy and procedure pertaining to health support

Principles of health support

Preparedness requirements of health personnel and equipment

Policy and procedure relating to surface evacuation

Tasks and composition of health elements and their points of interaction

Health stores and equipment including resupply systems and procedures

Patient tracking and administration

Environment consideration in planning health support

Health intelligence sources, collection and analysis processes

Health capabilities

Health planning inputs to the staff planning process

Estimation of casualty numbers and types

Requirements relating to the management of health waste

Supply, handling, storage of blood products

Legislative and regulatory environment pertaining to materiel logistics and health services delivery

The functionality and operation of logistic information management systems

Risks to health support

Staff planning process

Writing conventions

Integrated logistics support (ILS)

Required skills:

Interpret instructions and apply this to the development of actions and tasks

Analyse the complexities of a task

Identify the operation's intent and recognise how own planning contributes to operation success

Work cooperatively as a member of a team

Undertake analysis to determine where internal and external factors impact on the health support requirements, and adjust planning accordingly

Use numeracy skills to accurately analyse and validate information

Use organisational skills to manage own planning tasks in concert with other staff planners

Use problem-solving skills to apply a broad range of problem-solving strategies to planning outcomes

Move forward despite the difficulty of the planning task

Interpret policy and procedures

Make decisive, informed decisions that align with organisational requirements

Use appropriate information technology and software

Prepare and issue written instructions

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance.

Health support planning factors may include:

the casualty estimate and its possible effects on the delivery of health support

health information and health intelligence

resource availability and restrictions, including specialist personnel, contract health practitioners and equipment

evacuation policy and mode availability

availability of local infrastructure

blood sourcing, transport and holding policy

health capability development requirements waste disposal plan

the link with personnel and logistic staff for handling remains

the location of the health facilities

marking and notification of health elements

Casualty planning data may include:

types of casualties and casualty profile

rate of casualty arrival

level of conflict

casualty flow

numbers of casualties

return to duty rates

walking, sitting and litter percentages

evacuation priorities

anatomic wound distribution

disease and non-battle injury experience

assessment of hospital bed requirements

surgical workload data

theatre of operations beds

casualty accumulation factor

Health risk assessment may include:

the identification of health risks in the intended operating environment, including:

environment health risks: weather, terrain, vegetation, animal or disease

occupational health risks: road traffic accident or industrial injury

operational health risks: physical injury, chemical/biological injury or psychiatric injury

the analysis and assessment of health risks

the treatment of risks by developing and integrating control measures within the health support plan

Casualty estimates may include:

on-duty casualty rate

non-duty casualty rate

operational stress reaction

calculation of hospital beds and holding policy

Health estimate may include:

health information, intelligence and surveillance outputs

casualty estimate

health related characteristics of the operation

health related characteristics of the environment

summary of the health risks and risk factors

Types of health support may include:

dental team

environmental health team

health assessment team

field pathology team

low/medium/high dependency nursing team

primary health care team

rehabilitation team

resuscitation team

surgical team

laboratory team

medical imaging team

road ambulance evacuation team

aero-medical evacuation team

psych support team

mortuary team

ships medical emergency team

Health support imperatives may include:

prevention

immediate first aid

resuscitation within the hour

initial wound surgery within three hours

Support control measures may include:

treatment and holding policies

casualty management plans

casualty regulation

triage and treatment priorities

evacuation priorities

Health plan may include:

identification of the health mission (mission statement)

the execution:

general outline - broad statement of how health support is to be provided, broken down (where appropriate) into operational phases

groupings and tasks - a list of health service elements or units in a logical sequence, detailing the health support tasks for which elements/units are responsible during the operation, by phases, where appropriate

coordinating instructions - matters of coordination necessary for successful implementation and explanation of the plan

timings of key events

operating locations and boundaries

holding or staging policies

casualty evacuation, including procedures for surface evacuation and aero-medical evacuation

locations and capabilities of supporting health facilities

opening and closing times of medical facilities

treatment of local population

preventative medicine/environmental health measures

movement of medical elements

specific clinical requirements

priorities for evacuation and treatment

protection and working of health personnel, facilities and transport

administration and logistics - to include holdings and resupply of medical and dental stores; repair of medical and dental equipment; and arrangements for exchange of and reserve pools for litters and blankets, blood supply documentation of casualties

organisational structure and authority - appointment of a medical authority and alternatives, locations of medical commanders, medical communications networks, medical reports and returns, medical liaison, health planning groups and conferences

Other stakeholders may include:

health specialists

distribution specialist

catering specialist

maintenance specialist

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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Operational situation and tempo are analysed in order to establish the scope and intent of health support 
Information is sourced and analysed to identify the health support planning factors 
Information systems are utilised to compile and analyse casualty planning data 
Health risk assessments are prepared to classify the health risks to the organisation and to inform the development of the health estimate 
Casualty estimates are produced to inform health planning and compilation of the health estimate 
Health estimates are produced to support a number of courses of action to support command appreciation 
Health support organisational structure is developed to meet the health estimates within organisational resource constraints 
The lines of health support and types of health support are identified along with clear lines of responsibility and agreed casualty exchange points 
The imperatives of health support are applied to the development of the health support plan and identification of a preferred course of action 
Health support control measures are determined to provide adequate regulation of casualties and to support casualty survivability 
Health information requirements are planned and integrated into the health support plan to ensure health information is collected and analysed to inform ongoing health planning 
Health administration requirements are planned and integrated into the health support plan 
Health plan is developed to detail the provision of services and the establishment and operation of operational health elements 
Health plan is communicated to stakeholders 
Liaison with other stakeholders is undertaken to ensure the health plan is integrated into the larger logistic or operational plan 
Health plan is adjusted in accordance with changing operational tempo or the need to synchronise with other logistic functions 
Specialist health input and recommendations are provided to management regarding health support and the employment of health support capabilities 

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