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Maintain medical supplies in an ambulance vehicle
Level
3
Credits
1
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to maintain medical supplies
in an ambulance vehicle.
Subfield
Emergency Services
Domain
Ambulance
Status
Registered
Status date
20 November 2009
Date version published
20 November 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 6228.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
ElectroTechnology Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
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This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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This unit standard has been designed for learning and assessment on-job.
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References
Medicines Regulations 1984;
Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1977;
NZS 8156:2008, New Zealand Standard (Ambulance and paramedical Services);
and all subsequent amendments and replacements.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Maintain medical supplies in an ambulance vehicle.
Performance criteria
1.1
Ambulance vehicle stocks of medical supplies are maintained in accordance
with NZS 8156 and candidate’s delegated scope of practice.
1.2
All medical supplies are maintained within the expiry dates shown on the
supplies.
1.3
All medical supplies are stored so that they are not compromised in terms of
contamination.
1.4
Drugs are secured in accordance with NZS 8156.
Range
1.5
narcotic drugs, non-narcotic drugs.
Medical supplies documentation is completed and in accordance with NZS
8156.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the ElectroTechnology Industry Training Organisation
reviewcomments@etito.co.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
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