NZQA Expiring unit standard
26551 version 3
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Title
Provide first aid for life threatening conditions
Level
2
Credits
1
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: assess the
scene for hazards; assess the casualty for life-threatening
conditions; and provide first aid for life-threatening conditions.
Classification
Health Studies > First Aid
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
This unit standard combined with unit standard 26552, Demonstrate knowledge of
common first aid conditions and how to respond to them, meet the minimum
qualification requirements for a workplace first aider. Programmes designed to meet
the minimum requirements for persons to be certified as first aiders in the workplace
will also need to take into account the Department of Labour guidelines and meet the
New Zealand Qualifications Authority requirements. Current Department of Labour
guidelines on providing first aid training are available from http://www.dol.govt.nz.
Current New Zealand Qualifications Authority requirements for providing unit
standard-based first aid training are available from http://www.nzqa.govt.nz.
2
People who provide first aid must use accepted practices for care as outlined in
current authoritative text books giving general guidance to first aid as it applies in
New Zealand. Authoritative New Zealand first aid text books are credible published
materials, with a reliable publication process, written by authors generally regarded
as trustworthy or authoritative in first aid as it applies in New Zealand.
3
People who provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) must use accepted
practices as outlined in current New Zealand Resuscitation Council guidelines. New
Zealand Resuscitation Council guidelines on CPR as it is practiced in New Zealand
are available from http://www.nzrc.org.nz.
4
Assessment towards Outcome 3 of this unit standard must be conducted practically
in a face-to-face environment using simulations for life threatening conditions as
necessary.
5
Primary reference is any text meeting the requirements specified in explanatory
notes 2 and 3. The primary reference used during the assessment process must be
cited on the assessment material.
This unit standard is expiring
The Skills Organisation
SSB Code 100401
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
26551 version 3
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Range
Assessment against this unit standard must include:
 provision of CPR for an adult, a child, and an infant
 treating a conscious casualty with a foreign-body obstructed airway for an infant,
and either an adult or a child
 controlling severe bleeding, including at least one activity on one person.
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Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Assess the scene for hazards.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Any hazards to self, casualty, and bystanders are identified.
1.2
Identified hazards are eliminated, isolated, or minimised in accordance with the
primary reference.
Outcome 2
Assess the casualty for life-threatening conditions.
Range
level of consciousness, airway, breathing, severe bleeding.
Evidence requirements
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Outcome 3
Provide first aid for life-threatening conditions.
Range
stable side position, head tilt/chin lift, CPR, clearing an obstructed airway of a
foreign body, controlling severe bleeding, sending for help.
Evidence requirements
3.1
First aid is provided for life-threatening conditions in accordance with the
primary reference.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
The Skills Organisation
SSB Code 100401
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
26551 version 3
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
9 December 2010
31 December 2012
Revision
2
16 February 2012
31 December 2019
Review
3
20 August 2015
31 December 2019
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0230
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is expiring
The Skills Organisation
SSB Code 100401
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016