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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of and use an Automated External
Defibrillator (AED)
Level
2
Credits
1
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
– demonstrate knowledge of Automated External Defibrillator
(AED) use; and use an AED.
Classification
Emergency Services > Pre-Hospital Emergency Care
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Unit 6402, Provide resuscitation level 2, or Unit 23406, Provide
first aid for trauma and medical emergency situations, or Unit
26551, Provide first aid for life threatening conditions.
Explanatory notes
1
Competence must be demonstrated in a simulated or real emergency situation.
2
This unit standard does not cover assessment of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
(CPR), which is covered by unit 26551, Provide first aid for life threatening
conditions. Knowledge of CPR is essential in resuscitation situations and is
necessary for assessment of evidence requirement 2.2.
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Definitions
AED – automated external defibrillator.
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.
Safety precautions – include prevention of threat from environmental hazards; and
injury from the use of incorrect techniques.
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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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SSB Code 100401
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Range
All procedures in this unit standard should be carried out:
a according to current pre-hospital emergency care practices;
b in a manner that will not exacerbate the patient’s condition; and
c in compliance with the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and
subsequent amendments.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of AED use.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Situations where early defibrillation is likely to be useful, and its place in the
chain of survival, are described.
1.2
Necessary safety precautions to be taken when an AED is used are
demonstrated and described in accordance with the manufacturer’s manual.
1.3
Purpose and function of all of the AED controls are identified in accordance with
the manufacturer’s manual.
Outcome 2
Use an AED.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Appropriate electrode pads are correctly placed on the patient.
2.2
AED prompts are followed.
2.3
Patient is monitored until responsibility for patient care is transferred to
ambulance crew or other health professional.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standards 14473 and 25412
have been replaced by unit standard 29321.
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
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
20 February 2009
31 December 2012
Revision
2
20 October 2011
31 December 2019
Review
3
10 December 2015
31 December 2019
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Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
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
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016