PUASAR024 — Undertake road crash rescue
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What an assessment for PUASAR024 must cover
89 assessable components: 5 elements (24 performance criteria), 29 performance evidence and 36 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Prepare and respond to road crash rescue
- 1.1Operation and task information is obtained through a briefing, in accordance with organisational procedures
- 1.2Road rescue equipment is checked, serviced and made operationally ready for use
- 1.3Rescue equipment is selected based on incident information
- 1.4Personal protective clothing and equipment is selected relevant to the nature of the rescue operation
- 1.5Any further details on the nature of the rescue are received en route, in accordance with organisational procedures
- 1.6Anticipated hazards and associated risks are discussed with rescue team members while on route, in accordance with organisational procedures
2 Establish and maintain rescue scene safety
- 2.1Road crash scene is assessed, hazards and risks are identified and appropriate control measures and ongoing monitoring processes are put in place
- 2.2Scene management procedures are followed, in accordance with organisational procedures and legal requirements
- 2.3Safe working area is established and monitored to prevent injury to self and/or others
- 2.4Vehicles are stabilised to prevent movement during access and removal of casualties, in accordance with organisational procedures
3 Manage casualties
- 3.1Hygiene precautions are maintained, in accordance with organisational procedures
- 3.2Casualties are assessed and stabilised to minimise further injury or discomfort during rescue operations
- 3.3Nature of injuries or entrapment is ascertained to develop an extrication plan, in accordance with organisational procedures
- 3.4Support is provided to medical personnel assisting with the treatment of casualties, as required
4 Remove casualties from vehicle
- 4.1Access plans are determined in consultation with team leader and medical personnel
- 4.2Safety procedures are implemented to protect casualties from further injury or discomfort during access and removal from vehicle
- 4.3Access path is provided for removal of casualties using appropriate rescue techniques and equipment
- 4.4Casualties are removed from vehicle using appropriate rescue removal techniques and equipment
5 Conclude road crash rescue operations
- 5.1Appropriate actions are taken to preserve the incident scene, in accordance with organisational procedures
- 5.2Equipment is recovered, cleaned and maintained, in accordance with organisational procedures and manufacturers’ guidelines
- 5.3Decontamination procedures are followed, in accordance with organisational procedures
- 5.4Hygiene precautions are implemented, in accordance with organisational procedures
- 5.5Operational debriefing is participated in and documentation is completed, in accordance with organisational procedures
- 5.6Operational documentation including post incident report is completed, in accordance with organisational procedures
Performance evidence
- applying hygiene precautions
- applying rescue scene management procedures and safe work practices
- applying Work, Health and Safety (WHS)/Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) requirements
- checking, servicing and cleaning recovered equipment
- communicating and operating in a multi-agency environment
- completing decontamination procedures
- completing operational documentation including exposure records, incident field notes, incident reports, post operational reports using organisational reporting system
- concluding road crash rescue operations
- confirming operation and task information including environmental and other hazards, location, other agencies or organisations responding and type and number of casualties and vehicles
- contributing to debriefings
- developing and implementing extrication and access plans
- establishing and maintaining rescue scene safety
- following organisational policies and procedures
- following rescue scene management procedures
- identifying hazards, assessing risks and implementing control measures
- implementing emergency care practices
- implementing safety procedures to protect casualties
- managing casualties
- obtaining operation and task information
- preparing and responding to road crash rescues
- preserving crash scene evidence and incident scene
- removing casualty from vehicle using rescue removal techniques
- selecting and wearing personal protective clothing and equipment including rescue equipment
- stabilising vehicles to prevent movement during the assessment and removal of casualties
- supporting medical personnel
- undertaking initial and ongoing scene assessments
- using appropriate rescue technique and rescue equipment safely in a range of situations
- using road crash rescue techniques
- working in teams
Knowledge evidence
- appropriate rescue techniques
- casualty access and extrication methods and techniques
- dangers associated with vehicle safety devices
- emergency care procedures including controlled and immediate releases and protecting casualties using alternative entries
- establishment and maintenance of safe working areas and minimisation of hazards
- extrication plans including alternate entries and controlled and immediate releases
- field notes, incident reports and logbook requirements
- hazards
- hygiene precautions
- infection control and hygiene procedures
- legal requirements related to road crash rescue responders
- manufacturers’ guidelines
- operation and task information including environmental and other hazards, location, other agencies or organisations responding and type and number of casualties and/or vehicles
- operational readiness
- organisational documentation, policies and procedures
- powered tools including lifting, cutting and pneumatic equipment and hydraulic tools
- preserving evidence at the scene including disturbing only to gain access or make scene safe, preserving incident scene until investigation activities are completed and preserving integrity of evidence
- procedures for returning equipment to operational readiness
- processes and procedures for briefings and debriefings
- rescue equipment characteristics and limitations
- rescue equipment including cutting equipment, fire protection equipment, glass management kit, hand tools, hydraulic tools, lifting equipment and pneumatic equipment
- rescue removal techniques including extrication devices, spinal immobilisation device and spine board (backboard)
- rescue scene management procedures including access and egress, cordoning and screening scene, electrical systems, glass management, isolating vehicle, managing bystanders and media, positioning response vehicles, preserving evidence, removing hazards, searching for missing occupants, staging areas, traffic control and traffic plans
- road crash and rescues procedures relevant to a range of vehicles including door removal, folding down sill and foot well or front seat
- roles and responsibilities of rescue personnel and other participating agencies or organisations
- ropes and ladders
- safe working capacity of rescue equipment
- safety procedures to protect casualties including padding of sharp hazards (hard and soft protection), personal protective clothing and equipment for casualty including helmets, glasses, dust mask and ear protection and shielding from debris, glass and tools
- stabilisation of vehicle including chaining, chocking, jacking, propping, ratchet straps, roping, tensioning and use of webbing
- stabilising equipment and winches
- types of collisions including crushed vehicle, head on, jack knife, load management, multiple vehicle accidents, off set (quarter oblique), rear impact, side impact (T-bone), vehicle rollover and vehicle under ride or over ride
- types of hazards including adverse weather and environmental conditions, after dark operations, biohazards, composite materials including carbon fibre and fibre glass, difficult terrain, electricity, gas, hazardous materials, other road users, supplementary restraint systems, including airbags, traffic and bystanders, vehicle fuel, propulsion systems and glazing, wild or domestic animals, water and sewerage utilities and occupational stress
- types of vehicle including buses, cars, farm vehicles, motorcycles, semi-trailers and trucks
- use of personal protective clothing and equipment
- vehicle construction and dangers in cutting vehicle parts and panels
- Work, Health and Safety (WHS)/Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) requirements including risk mitigation
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Questions about assessing PUASAR024
What does an assessment tool for PUASAR024 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for PUASAR024 needs to address all 89 unit components: 5 elements with 24 performance criteria, 29 performance evidence requirements, 36 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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