Description

Pre Requisites

Application

Performance criteria

Required Skills & Knowledge

•     Awareness of stress management techniques and available support
•     Basic anatomy and physiology relating to performing CPR
•     Chain of survival
•     Duty of care requirements
•     How to access ambulance/medical assistance and/or emergency response support
•     Infection control principles and procedures, including use of standard precautions
•     Need to be culturally aware, sensitive and respectful
•     Own skills and limitations
•     Privacy and confidentiality requirements
•     Procedures for performing CPR
•     Relevant workplace hazards
•     State and territory regulatory requirements, ARC Guidelines and accepted industry practice relating to currency of skill and knowledge
•     Understanding of the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), including when to use and when not to

•     Assess vital signs of casualty
•     Call an ambulance
•     Call for medical assistance
•     Demonstrate correct procedures for performing CPR using a manikin, including standard precautions
•     Identify and minimise hazards to health and safety of self and others in the immediate workplace or community environment
•     Report details of incident and CPR as provided
•     Use infection control procedures, including standard precautions

Range Statement

•     Signs of collapse
•     Absence of signs of life:
•     unconscious
•     unresponsive
•     not moving
•     not breathing normally

•     Include adult / child and infant casualties
•     Conform to ARC guidelines, including:
•     recognition that 'any resuscitation is better than none'
•     demonstrate:
•     appropriate rate, location and depth of compression
•     correct ratio of compression to ventilation
•     checking for signs of life
•     appropriate duration and cessation of CPR
•     Demonstrated CPR procedure may also include use of an AED if available

•     Barrier device
•     Manikin
•     Resuscitation mask
•     AED (if available)

•     A source or situation with the potential for harm in terms of human injury or ill-health, damage to property, the environment, or a combination of these

Evidence Guide

•     The individual being assessed must provide evidence of specified essential knowledge as well as skills
•     Competence must be demonstrated working individually
•     Currency of CPR knowledge and skills is to be demonstrated in line with State/Territory, ARC and industry guidelines

•     For assessment purposes, demonstration of skills in CPR procedures requires using a model of the human body (resuscitation manikin) in line with Australian Resuscitation Council Guidelines

•     All workers in the health industry should be aware of access and equity issues in relation to their own area of work
•     All workers should develop their ability to work in a culturally diverse environment
•     In recognition of particular health issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, workers should be aware of cultural, historical and current issues impacting on health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
•     Assessors and trainers must take into account relevant access and equity issues, in particular relating to factors impacting on health of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and communities