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Title
Provide basic pre-hospital emergency care
Level
3
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
–assess and manage the scene of an emergency situation;
–assess patients in an emergency situation;
–demonstrate and apply knowledge of devices and/or
techniques to manage patients in an emergency situation; and
–monitor patients and provide information in an emergency
situation.
Classification
Emergency Services > Pre-Hospital Emergency Care
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Prerequisite: A current first aid certificate at the time of
assessment.
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Recommended: Unit 25411, Demonstrate knowledge of and
use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), or demonstrate
equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
Competence must be demonstrated in a minimum of two different emergency
situations, which may be real or simulated.
2
Unit 25411, Demonstrate knowledge and use of an Automated External Defibrillator
(AED), must be assessed against either before or concurrently with this unit
standard.
3
Definition
Basic pre-hospital emergency care – for the purposes of this unit standard, this refers
to that phase of emergency care that recognises and responds to respiratory and
circulatory insufficiency, changes in levels of consciousness, and responds to other
conditions using devices and/or techniques readily available to non-health
professionals, prior to transfer of care to ambulance crew or other health care
professional.
Current first aid certificate – one that has been completed or refreshed within the last
two years, and is comprised of Unit 6400, Manage first aid in emergency situations,
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or Unit 23406, Provide first aid for trauma and medical emergency situations, or
demonstration of equivalent knowledge and skills.
Current pre-hospital emergency care practices – for the purposes of this standard,
these refer to clinical techniques or methodologies that have proven to be most
effective at delivering a desired outcome and are actively promoted across the prehospital emergency care sector.
4
References
References may include New Zealand Resuscitation Council (NZRC) handbooks and
guidelines, the protocols of the organisation employing the candidate, equipment
manufacturer’s documentation, and current texts relating to pre-hospital emergency
care practices. NZRC handbooks and guidelines relate to all aspects of adult, child,
and infant basic life support, and are available at http://www.nzrc.org.nz.
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Range
All procedures in this unit standard should be carried out:
according to current pre-hospital emergency care practices;
in a manner that will not exacerbate the patient’s condition; and
in compliance with the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and subsequent
amendments.
a
b
c
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Assess and manage the scene of an emergency situation.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The impact of hazards is assessed and managed to ensure the safety of the
scene is maintained.
Range
hazards may include but are not limited to – smoke, heat, cold,
water, electrical storm, chemical or fuel spillage, infectious
disease, altitude, avalanche, natural disaster; found in situations
such as motor vehicle accident, urban search and rescue, land
search and rescue, rural, crowd, confined space, toxic
environment;
evidence of a minimum of three hazards is required.
The scene may include but is not limited to – rescuers, bystanders
and patients.
1.2
Patients are prioritised according to the severity of their conditions and taking
into account the threat to life.
1.3
Need for further assistance is identified and appropriate action is taken.
Range
The Skills Organisation
SSB Code 100401
may include but is not limited to – internal organisational
processes, emergency services, utility services.
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Outcome 2
Assess patients in an emergency situation.
Range
mechanism of injury, level of consciousness, airway, adequacy of breathing,
bleeding, secondary survey.
Evidence requirements
2.1
An unconscious patient is assessed.
2.2
A conscious patient is assessed.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate and apply knowledge of devices and/or techniques to manage patients in an
emergency situation.
Range
devices and/or techniques must include but are not limited to those that are
associated with managing – airway, immobilisation, respiratory insufficiency.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Devices and/or techniques are selected, and selection is justified in terms of the
patient condition.
3.2
Correct use of devices and/or techniques to manage patients is demonstrated.
Outcome 4
Monitor patients and provide information in an emergency situation.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Patient is monitored and further action initiated if required, until responsibility for
patient care is transferred to ambulance crew or other health care professional.
Range
4.2
includes but is not limited to – adequacy of respiration, adequacy
of circulation, level of consciousness, general condition.
Information is provided accurately and concisely to the ambulance crew or other
health care professional.
Range
patient assessment, patient management.
Replacement information
The Skills Organisation
SSB Code 100401
This unit standard and unit standards 14473 and 25411
have been replaced by unit standard 29321.
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This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
20 February 2009
31 December 2019
Review
2
10 December 2015
31 December 2019
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0003
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.
The Skills Organisation
SSB Code 100401
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