Course Description:- Open to all members over 15 years of age at date of assessment.
 Teaches new skills including the addition of oxy-viva air bag resuscitation and spinal brace usage. It requires precision and effective use of patient assessment, EAR, CPR and oxygen equipment usage as the main requirements
Be a minimum of 15 years of age on the date of examination. Learning Outcomes: Perform basic resuscitation (CPR) techniques. - Perform a priority injury management assessment of a patient
- Place a patient in recovery position
- Perform a patient roll over
- Open airway by attaining a backward head tilt
- Perform 5 full breaths in 10 seconds
- Detail breathing rate differences for adult, child, infant
- Perform mouth to mouth/nose/mask expired air resuscitation techniques
- Perform resuscitation (CPR) techniques
- Detail the systems of the body, specifically; muscular-skeletal, circulatory, respiratory, nervous
- Demonstrate a knowledge of when to commence CPR, and flow chart procedures for CPR
- Detail CPR rate differences for adult, child, infant
- Perform 1 and 2 person CPR techniques
- Perform oxygen aided resuscitation technique
- Demonstrate and describe patient management procedures after CPR
- Demonstrate oxygen aided resuscitation
- Identify location and safety of oxygen resuscitation equipment
- Identify and assess patients requiring oxygen therapy
- Perform oxygen therapy techniques
- Demonstrate a knowledge of air bag resuscitator units components and practical assessments
- List basic safety checks of air bag unit
- Demonstrate a knowledge of component use
- Demonstrate practical procedural set up of air bag resuscitator unit
- Demonstrate use of air bag in simulated scenario
- Discuss roles of EAR, CPR and air bag operators in emergency procedures
- Demonstrate appropriate communication skills with other operators
- Demonstrate correct application and management of air bag on patient
- Describe appropriate management procedures to be undertaken under various circumstances e.g.; vomiting
- Describe post use procedures pertaining to air bag operations
- Demonstrate a theoretical and practical knowledge of Stiff-neck collars and their use
- Demonstrate an understanding of causes of aquatic spinal injuries
- Display knowledge of recognition of spinal injuries
- Demonstrate knowledge of principles of treatment and rescues
- Demonstrate ability to size, assemble and perform collar
- Demonstrate competency for fitting of Stiff-neck collar under varying circumstances
Assessment Satisfy the majority of the Examiners in respect to their competence in all learning outcomes by: - Written/oral examination.
- Basic Skill Performance.
- Rescue Scenario simulation.
For this award to remain current candidates are required to perform an annual proficiency test. |
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