PROVIDE FIRST AID IN REMOTE OR ISOLATED SITE - HLTAIDO13
HLTAID013 – Provide First Aid in remote or isolated site
Application and Relevance
This unit contains the knowledge and skills to provide first aid response and emergency life support to a casualty in a remote or isolated situation. It is relevant for personnel who may be required to prepare for and provide a first aid response in locations beyond the reach of timely medical assistance.
Course Currency Status: current
Duration
Full course face-to-face delivered over 2 or 3 days (depending on length of day)
Course Content
Topics include:
- ARC guidelines relevant to the provision of first aid
- first aid guidelines from Australian national peak clinical bodies including those relevant to remote or isolated sites
- potential incident hazards and risk minimisation processes when providing first aid
- infection control procedures, including use of standard precautions and resuscitation barrier devices
- requirements for currency of skill and knowledge
- first aid codes of practice
- appropriate workplace or site procedures relevant to the provision of first aid
- contents of first aid kits
- legal, workplace and community considerations including:
- duty of care requirements
- own skills and limitations
- consent and how it relates to the conscious and unconscious casualty
- privacy and confidentiality requirements
- awareness of potential need for stress management techniques and available support for rescuers
- in relation to the administration of medication
- legal requirements
- the responsibilities of the first aider
- considerations when providing CPR, including:
- upper airway and effect of positional change
- appropriate duration and cessation of CPR
- appropriate use of an AED
- safety and maintenance procedures for an AED
- chain of survival
- how to access emergency services
- techniques for providing CPR to adults, children and infants including:
- how to recognise that a casualty is unconscious and not breathing normally
- rate, ratio and depth of compressions and ventilations
- correct hand positioning for compressions
- basic anatomy, physiology and the differences between adults, children and infants relating to CPR
- signs, symptoms and management of the following conditions or injuries:
- allergic reaction
- anaphylaxis
- asthma
- non-life-threatening bleeding
- burns
- cardiac conditions, including chest pain
- choking
- diabetes
- drowning
- envenomation - all current treatments
- eye injuries
- fractures, dislocations, sprains and strains
- head, neck and spinal injuries
- hypothermia
- hyperthermia
- minor wounds
- nose-bleed
- poisoning
- seizures
- shock
- sharps injuries
- stroke
- life threatening bleeding including use of tourniquets and haemostatic dressings
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- considerations when providing first aid including:
- assessment, interpretation and documentation of vital signs, including normal clinical values for respirations, temperature, pulse and level of consciousness
- how to conduct a secondary assessment of a casualty
- basic triage processes
- ongoing care requirements of casualty beyond initial treatment
- remote considerations in the provision of first aid, including:
- the nature of remote or isolated sites and how this may impact on first aid management
- key features, functions and limitations of different types of emergency communication equipment used in remote or isolated sites, and factors that affect choice:
- radio equipment
- mobile phones
- satellite phones
- alerting and tracking devices including personal locator beacons (PLBs)
- management options relating to transporting casualty, including aero-medical evacuation
- specific considerations contextualised to alpine, desert, marine, rural or remote settings and tropical environments
- methods used to assist emergency services to locate incident sites and the key features, functions and limitations of resources used to assist:
- verbal directions
- flags
- flares or smoke
- fires
- use of man-made and natural resources to supplement first aid equipment
- content of remote area first aid kits
- content of remote area medication boxes
- psychological impacts of first aid incidents on rescuers and how to seek help.
- remote considerations in the provision of first aid, including:
- the nature of remote or isolated sites and how this may impact on first aid management
- key features, functions and limitations of different types of emergency communication equipment used in remote or isolated sites, and factors that affect choice:
- radio equipment
- mobile phones
- satellite phones
- alerting and tracking devices including personal locator beacons (PLBs)
Entry Requirements There are no prerequisite units, however it is recommended that have some prior experience of providing first aid and have previously attained HLTAID003/HLTAID011 Provide first aid. Participants should have numeracy and literacy skills equivalent to level 3 of the Australian Core Skills Framework. Participants also need the ability to meet the physical demands of the practical first aid skills including CPR.
Assessment Methods Progressive assessment throughout the course, including demonstration of practical skills and written and oral questions relating to underpinning knowledge. Note that the provision of CPR must be demonstrated on the floor/ground/deck.
Award Issued A nationally-recognised Statement of Attainment will be issued to all successful participantsAll Students will be enrolled with Healthguard First Aid, RTO 21156 which will be responsible for the quality of training and assessment provided and for the issuing of Statements of Attainment for the units of competency on its scope.
Training and assessment will be conducted by Rural and Remote First Aid under Healthguard First Aid responsibility and direction.