SISOFLD004 — Provide first aid in remote locations

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What an assessment for SISOFLD004 must cover

53 assessable components: 6 elements (31 performance criteria), 7 performance evidence and 12 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 3 foundation skills. 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 equipment for first aid response in remote or isolated areas.

1.1Evaluate information about remote or isolated destinations and identify potential injuries and illnesses requiring extended management.
1.2Select first aid equipment and resources to deal with a range of potential incidents, according to organisational emergency response and first aid procedures.
1.3Select communication equipment to allow for emergency response at remote or isolated destination.
1.4Complete pre-departure safety and serviceability checks on equipment.

2 Assess the situation.

2.1Identify hazards promptly, assess risks and manage to avoid injury to self and others.
2.2Assess condition of casualty or casualties to determine extent of first aid response.
2.3Determine need for emergency services or medical assistance and relay initial and concise information to base and authorities, as required.
2.4Triage when multiple casualties are involved, engage others to assist, and provide instructions.

3 Manage casualty or casualties.

3.1Direct other first aiders and participants to provide or assist with first aid, and manage use of resources.
3.2Provide first aid using available equipment and resources, and improvise use of other resources as required.
3.3Monitor and respond to casualty’s condition in accordance with effective first aid principles.
3.4Explain, to casualty, nature of injury or illness, first aid management and provide reassurance.
3.5Assess and ensure casualty comfort through questioning and monitoring, and use of shelter and available resources.
3.6Communicate calmly with casualty using a style to match level of consciousness.
3.7Monitor and document casualty’s condition over time to assist on-going management.
3.8Assess need to evacuate casualty, ability to transport to medical assistance or need for external assistance.

4 Liaise with external services to manage casualty or casualties.

4.1Establish communication with emergency services and medical assistance.
4.2Relay accurate factual information about casualty’s injury or illness and condition, including any casualty is able to provide.
4.3Communicate essential details of first aid provided, and follow instructions to adjust or use additional first aid.
4.4Administer medication according to medical instructions.
4.5Monitor and report ongoing casualty condition and seek ongoing medical input, as required.

5 Coordinate evacuation and first aid activities until assistance arrives.

5.1Determine need, in consultation with external services, to evacuate casualty.
5.2Provide accurate information about location of incident, number of casualties, their condition and their position to enable deployment of appropriate resources.
5.3Engage others present to assist with ongoing first aid and management of incident circumstances.
5.4Continue to respond to and monitor the condition of casualty and provide ongoing reassurance until assistance arrives.
5.5On approach, assist emergency services to locate the site of the incident.
5.6Follow instructions and provide assistance to emergency services personnel during evacuation.

6 Debrief, document and evaluate the incident.

6.1Participate in incident management de-brief and identify future response improvements.
6.2Evaluate compliance with organisational emergency response policies and procedures, their suitability and any need to amend.
6.3Evaluate need for self and others to access support services to assist with post-incident stress.
6.4Complete required incident reports according to organisational procedures.

Performance evidence

participate in three simulated remote or isolated first aid incidents involving outdoor recreation participants
during one of the above simulations, work in a small team of up to three responders to manage a single casualty
during one of the above simulations, work in a team of responders to manage multiple casualties, where the number of casualties outnumbers the number of responders
during one of the above simulations, work as a single responder to manage three casualties
across the three simulations, collectively respond to at least six conditions, covering illness and injury, suffered by the casualties
during each of the simulations: • conduct visual and verbal secondary survey assessments of casualties • assess, interpret and document vital signs of casualties, including respirations, temperature and pulse • monitor and manage the casualties’ condition over an extended period of time • use available man-made and natural resources to supplement first aid equipment
after each of the simulations, participate in a debrief and complete an incident report.

Knowledge evidence

organisational emergency response and first aid policies and procedures
the nature of remote or isolated locations and how this may impact on first aid management
common injuries or illnesses that relate to participation, generally, in outdoor recreation activities and the general range of first aid equipment and resources carried by organisations to remote or isolated locations
common injuries or illnesses that relate to participation in a specific type of outdoor recreation activity, and specific types of first aid equipment and resources typically made available in remote or isolated locations
key features, functions and limitations of different types of emergency communication equipment used in remote or isolated areas, and factors that affect choice: • radio equipment • mobile phones • satellite phones • alerting and tracking devices including personal locator beacons (PLBs)
principles of triage as they relate to first aid at an incident site
methods used to: • conduct a visual and verbal secondary survey assessment of a casualty • assess, interpret and document vital signs of casualties, including respirations, temperature and pulse • use available man-made and natural resources to supplement first aid equipment
coordinate and direct the actions of group participants and other first aiders within the team to effectively manage a critical incident
legal requirements for administration of medication and the rights and responsibilities of the first aider for administration
safe manual handling techniques used to avoid injury when shifting casualties
key considerations for evacuating casualties or waiting for emergency services and medical assistance: • severity of injury or illness and immediate threat to life • time required for assistance to arrive • potential that transporting casualty may cause condition to deteriorate • capability of emergency services to access incident side • hindrance to rescue
methods used to assist emergency services to locate incident sites and the key features, functions and limitations of resources used to assist: • verbal directions • flags • flares • fires.

Foundation skills

Reading skills to:: interpret detailed familiar organisational policies and procedures for emergency response and first aid.
Writing skills to:: record detailed and accurate factual information about illness and injury, first aid and emergency response using correct terminology.
Self-management skills to:: critically analyse all circumstances and implications to coordinate a considered response to illness and injury in remote locations.

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Questions about assessing SISOFLD004

What does an assessment tool for SISOFLD004 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for SISOFLD004 needs to address all 53 unit components: 6 elements with 31 performance criteria, 7 performance evidence requirements, 12 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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