Course Title: Provide first aid

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2018

Course Code: OHTH5899C

Course Title: Provide first aid

School: 174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5357 - Diploma of Remedial Massage

Course Contact: Joshua Davies

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4333

Course Contact Email: joshua.davies@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 18

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

There are no pre-requisites for this unit.

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide a first aid response to a casualty. The unit applies to all workers who may be required to provide a first aid response in a range of situations, including community and workplace settings.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

HLTAID003 Provide first aid

Element:

1. Respond to an emergency situation

Performance Criteria:

1.1    Recognise an emergency situation

1.2    Identify, assess and manage immediate hazards to health and safety of self and others

1.3    Assess the casualty and recognise the need for first aid response

1.4    Assess the situation and seek assistance from emergency response services

Element:

3. Communicate details of the incident

Performance Criteria:

3.1    Accurately convey incident details to emergency response services

3.2    Report details of incident to workplace supervisor as appropriate

3.3    Maintain confidentiality of records and information in line with statutory and/or organisational policies

Element:

4. Evaluate the incident and own performance

Performance Criteria:

4.1    Recognise the possible psychological impacts on self and other rescuers involved in critical incidents

4.2    Participate in debriefing to address individual needs

Element:

  2.  Apply appropriate first aid procedures

Performance Criteria:

2.1.   Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in accordance with Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) guidelines

2.2.   Provide first aid in accordance with established first aid principles

2.3.   Display respectful behaviour towards casualty

2.4.   Obtain consent from casualty where possible

2.5.   Use available resources and equipment to make the casualty as comfortable as possible

2.6.   Operate first aid equipment according to manufacturer’s instructions

2.7.   Monitor the casualty’s condition and respond in accordance with first aid principles

Learning Outcomes


Please refer to the Elements of Competency above


Details of Learning Activities

All class learning materials, notes and other key learning resources can be accessed via myRMIT at www.rmit.edu.au/learninghub.
A combination of activities will support student’s learning in this course, such as:
• Face-to-face &/or online lectures to cover theoretical and practical concepts for each topic in the course
• Students will learn to apply their skills and knowledge to work integrated learning (WIL) in the student & clinical practice environment, during simulations and classroom based learning
• Work experience &/or placements observation of performance in the workplace will be a valuable part of your learning experience
• Tutorial activities (individually and in teams) to discuss, debate, critique and consolidate your ideas and extend your understanding around key concepts within specific topics
• Online discussions and activities to support and collaborate with other students in your course and debate and discuss ideas
• Utilise and develop critical research and cognitive skills to find credible sources of health information
• Self-directed study time (eg. readings or activities around theory) to enhance and strengthen your knowledge and understanding of theoretical concepts
• To further facilitate learning students are strongly encouraged to use a range of communication tools between themselves and their course instructor as well as between themselves and fellow students by using the online learning platform
• It is strongly recommended that students partner up with fellow students in order to practice assessment, treatment and palpation techniques


Teaching Schedule

Provide First Aid  HLTAID003/OHTH5899C

Date

Class & Activities

09/05/2018

Principles of First Aid & CPR 

16/05/2018

Apply first aid procedure & CPR - Practical Assessment 1 & 2

30/05/2018

DRSABCD & Apply  first aid - Practical Assessment 3. Online quiz to be completed by.  Revision & Written Assessment
   


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

Assessment Tasks
The skills to be assessed within this unit replicate real work skills within the industry.
 
1. Quiz  
   
2. First Aid Logbook


Assessment Tasks

Practical Assessment 1 – CPR: Assessed in class  May 2018

Content covered throughout the four weeks of this unit will form one of the assessment requirements.

 

Practical Assessment 2 - Bandaging, needle stick, poisoning, seizures, shock, sprains and strains: Assessed in class May 2018

Content covered throughout the four weeks of this unit will form one of the assessment requirements.

 

Practical Assessment 3 - Breathing & fractures for lower limbs Assessed in class May 2018 

Content covered throughout the four weeks of this unit will form one of the assessment requirements.

 

Online Quiz Due: May 2018

Content covered throughout the four weeks of this unit will form one of the assessment requirements which will be undertaken during class time.


Assessment Matrix

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