Course Title: Provide basic emergency life support

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2015

Course Code: OHTH5826C

Course Title: Provide basic emergency life support

School: 130T Vocational Engineering

Campus: City Campus

Program: C3312 - Certificate III in Plumbing

Course Contact : Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468

Course Contact Email:vocengineering@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Program Manager - Warren James
Tel: +61 3 9925 4632
Email: warren.james@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 8

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

Nil

Course Description

This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to recognise and respond to life threatening emergencies using basic life support measures only
 


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

HLTFA211A Provide basic emergency life support

Element:

4. Evaluate own performance

Performance Criteria:

4.1Seek feedback from appropriate clinical expert
4.2Recognise the possible psychological impacts on rescuers of involvement in critical incidents
4.3Participate in debriefing/evaluation to improve future response and address individual needs

Element:

1. Respond in an emergency situation

Performance Criteria:

1.1Recognise emergency situation and identify hazards to health and safety of self and others
1.2Minimise immediate risk to self and casualty health and safety by controlling any hazard in accordance with work health and safety requirements
1.3Assess casualty and identify injuries, illnesses and conditions
1.4Assess the need for assistance

 

Element:

2. Apply identified first aid procedures

Performance Criteria:

2.1Reassure casualty in a caring and calm manner and make comfortable using available resources
2.2Determine and explain relevant first aid procedures to provide comfort
2.3Seek consent from casualty prior to applying first aid management
2.4Respond to the casualty in a culturally aware, sensitive and respectful manner
2.5Use identified first aid procedures as required in accordance with established first aid principles, ARC Guidelines, guidelines of Australian national peak clinical bodies and State/Territory legislation and regulations
2.6Use safe manual handling techniques as required

Element:

3. Communicate details of the incident

Performance Criteria:

3.1Request ambulance support and/or appropriate medical assistance according to circumstances
3.2Accurately convey observation of casualty's condition and management activities to ambulance services/relieving personnel
3.3Adopt a communication style to match the casualty's level of consciousness
3.4Accurately assess and report details of casualty’s physical condition, changes in condition, management and responses to management in line with established procedures
3.5Maintain confidentiality of records and information in line with privacy principles and statutory and/or organisation policies


Learning Outcomes


Refer to Elements


Details of Learning Activities

Learning activities include in class workbook activities and researching industry practices and standards. This may include online learning activities. Students are expected to undertake design, size and documentation to relevant industry standards to include sustainability and WHS principles.


Teaching Schedule

Week beginning/Session Topic Learning Activities/Resources Elements/ Performance criteria Assessments
Session 1 Provide basic emergency life support
 

Work book requirments

Theory/Underpinning questions

SWMS

1-4 /1.1-4.3 •For assessment purposes, demonstration of skills in CPR procedures requires using a model of the human body (resuscitation manikin) in line with ARC Guidelines
•Demonstration of first aid procedures for severe bleeding must be demonstrated using standard precautions and first aid equipment including trauma dressings
 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including written/oral activities and demonstration of practical skills to the relevant industry standards. Participants are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment activities to their teacher/assessor. Feedback will be provided throughout the course.


Assessment Tasks

Students are required to complete three different types of assessment tasks

1.Students are required to complete a theory assessment task.
2.Demonstration of skills in CPR procedures requires using a model of the human body (resuscitation manikin) in line with ARC Guidelines
3.Demonstration of first aid procedures for severe bleeding must be demonstrated using standard precautions and first aid equipment including trauma dressings
 


Assessment Matrix

Assessment Task Element/ PC Percentage Weighting

Workbook Activities Element 1-4 / 1.1 – 4.3 20%
Assessment 1 Element 1-4/ 1.1 – 4.3 40%
Assessment 2Element 1-4/ 1.1 - 4.3 40%

Other Information

Academic Misconduct

Students are reminded that cheating, whether by fabrication, falsification of data, or plagiarism, is an offence subject to University disciplinary procedures. Plagiarism in oral or written presentations is the presentation of the work, idea or creation of another person, without appropriate referencing, as though it is one’s own. Plagiarism is not acceptable.
The use of another person’s work or ideas must be acknowledged. Failure to do so may result in charges of academic misconduct which carry a range of penalties including cancellation of results and exclusion from your course.
Students are responsible for ensuring that their work is kept in a secure place. It is also a disciplinary offence for students to allow their work to be plagiarized by another student.
Students should be aware of their rights and responsibilities regarding the use of copyright material. It is strongly recommended that students refer to the Guidelines for Students at the RMIT University Homepage.

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