HLTAID003 Provide First Aid

This document provides information on the HLTAID003 unit, which focuses on providing first aid and responding to emergency situations. It includes scenarios, skills mapping, knowledge mapping, and required evidence. The document also emphasizes the importance of proper communication, evaluation, and maintaining confidentiality. The unit covers various first aid procedures for different scenarios, such as cardiac conditions, choking, burns, fractures, and more.

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THIRD PARTY REPORT
RPL PROCESS: Please read the following instructions before completing this form
1. RPL applications are made using Application for RPL form. This form is designed to map the
student’s education, training, life and work competencies to the elements required of the unit and
collect the required evidence to prove the competencies.
2. The following sections of the form must be completed by the applicant:
 Element Mapping & Evidence
 Skills Mapping & Evidence
 Knowledge Mapping & Evidence
 Required Evidence Mapping
 Evidence List
3. Describe how you meet the stated criteria, skill or knowledge. Evidence is required for all elements,
skills, knowledge and required evidence. Attach this evidence to this form and refer to the
attachments as “Attachment A”, Attachment B” etc.
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6. The assessor will make an appointment to review the RPL application form and the evidence
provided with the learner, gathering more evidence if required. The assessor will provide feedback
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THIRD PARTY REPORT
Unit: HLTAID003 – Provide First Aid

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ELEMENT
MAPPING &
EVIDENCE: Element / Performance Criteria
Description
(Describe what you do to meet this criteria,
work, education, experiences etc.) (your
explanation must cover a situation, location,
job type and outcome of the action)
Third Party
Report (Please
comment on the
student’s
description)
Explain a scenario where the candidate
has successfully responded to an
emergency situation. Please include the
following in the scenario:
1.1. Recognise an emergency situation.
1.2. Identify, assess and manage
immediate hazards to health and safety of
self and others.
1.3. Assess the casualty and recognise the
need for first aid response.
1.4. Assess the situation and seek
assistance from emergency response
services.
Emergency situation at workplace may
include bleeding without non-stop, breathing
problem, chest pain and so on. It is the
responsibility of nurse to deal with them
properly and provide treatment on the basis
of same. Whether casualty is conscious or
not, then they can call for help. If casualty is
unconscious, then people have to call
ambulance on urgently basis. At the time of
emergency situation, nurse of Wellington
hospital has to provide basic facilities to help
injured people who are suffering from serious
injury.
Explain a scenario where the candidate
has successfully applied appropriate first
aid procedures. Your response must
address the following key points:
2.1. Perform cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) in accordance with
Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC)
guidelines.
2.2. Provide first aid in accordance with
established first aid principles.
2.3. Display respectful behaviour towards
casualty.
2.4. Obtain consent from casualty where
possible.
2.5. Use available resources and
equipment to make the casualty as
comfortable as possible.
2.6. Operate first aid equipment according
to manufacturer’s instructions.
2.7. Monitor the casualty’s condition and
respond in accordance with first aid
principles.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a technique
of chest compression which is combined with
rescue breathing. Rescuers start CPR when
person is not breathing properly and there is
unresponsiveness towards their activities.
First aid provides initial assistance or care to
the injured person who suffering from sick.
Aim of first aid is to preserve life of people to
protect causality and promote recovery of
individual from any injury. Casualty can be
assessed by living of customers, traditions or
their values which is different from others.
Along with this, casualty is considered those
people who are very conscious. To provide
comfortable to people, organisation have to
provide proper training to employees in
regard to using of equipment’s also. Some
strategies can be adopted by nurse to
monitor casualty condition such as using
short and simple sentences and avoiding
jargon while talking to injured person.
Describe a scenario where the candidate
has successfully communicated details of
the incident. Your explanation must
address the following key points:
3.1. Accurately convey incident details to
emergency response services.
3.2. Report details of incident to
At the time of emergency situation, nurse has
to provide first aid in order to give assistance
on primary basis. He/she should include all
required services such as use of proper
equipment, handling of people, speaking
properly, etc. Besides this, incidents at
workplace can cause a lot of stress to injured
worker. It depends upon the seriousness or
severity of incident which have to report to

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workplace supervisor as appropriate.
3.3. Maintain confidentiality of records
and information in line with statutory
and/or organisational policies.
work safely. Notifiable incidents include
death of person, serious illness or injury.
These should be communicating to supervisor
by proper communication channel used at
workplace. Apart from this, it is essential to
maintain the records of person which are
according to the line with statutory and
organisation policies to protect injury of
people from dangerous activity.
Describe a scenario where the candidate
has successfully evaluated the incident
and own performance. Your explanation
must address the following key points:
4.1. Recognise the possible psychological
impacts on self and other rescuers
involved in critical incidents.
4.2. Participate in debriefing to address
individual needs.
The person should think the ways in which
‘de-stress’ have less detrimental impact on
self or others. Some strategies include; do
something nice, listen to relaxation tape,
write down what had happened and how you
feel about it and many more. Psychological
impact includes sleep and eat disorder as well
as depression and anger. In organisation,
nurse has to properly address individual’s
need by providing them proper treatments
and services according to their injury.
SKILLS
MAPPING &
EVIDENCE: Required Skills
Description
(Describe what you do to meet this skill,
work, education, experiences, etc.)
Third Party
Report (Please
comment on the
student’s
description)
Skills essential to performance are explicit
in the performance criteria of this
document.
KNOWLEDGE
MAPPING &
EVIDENCE: Required Knowledge
Description
(Describe what you do to meet this
knowledge, work, education, experiences)
Third Party
Report (Please
comment on the
student’s
description)
 State/Territory regulations,
first aid codes of practice and
workplace procedures
including:
 ARC guidelines relevant to
provision of CPR and first aid
 safe work practices to
minimise risks and potential
hazards
 infection control principles
and procedures, including use
of standard precautions
 requirements for currency of
skill and knowledge
 Legal, workplace and
community considerations
including:

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 awareness of potential need
for stress-management
techniques and available
support following an
emergency situation
 duty of care requirement
 respectful behaviour towards
a casualty
 own skills and limitations
 consent
 privacy and confidentiality
requirements
 importance of debriefing
 Considerations when
providing first aid including:
 airway obstruction due to
body position
 appropriate duration and
cessation of CPR
 appropriate use of an
AED
 chain of survival
 standard precautions
 how to conduct a visual
and verbal assessment of
the casualty
 Principles and procedures for
first aid management of the
following scenarios:
 abdominal injuries
 allergic reaction
 anaphylaxis
 basic care of a wound
 bleeding control
 burns
 cardiac conditions,
including chest pain
 choking and airway
obstruction
 crush injuries
 diabetes
 dislocations
 drowning
 envenomation
 environmental impact,
including hypothermia,
hyperthermia,

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dehydration and heat
stroke
 eye and ear injuries
 fractures
 febrile convulsions
 head, neck and spinal
injuries
 minor skin injuries
 needle stick injuries
 poisoning and toxic
substances
 respiratory distress,
including asthma
 seizures, including
epilepsy
 shock
 soft tissue injuries,
including strains and,
sprains
 stroke
 unconsciousness
 Basic anatomy and physiology
relating to:
 how to recognise a
person is not breathing
normally
 chest
 response/consciousness
 upper airway and effect
of positional change
 considerations in
provision of first aid for
specified conditions
REQUIRED
EVIDENCE
MAPPING:
Required Evidence Attachment (eg,
A, B, C)
EVIDENCE
LIST:
ATTACHMENT as
collected during the 2nd
stage
DOCUMENT TITLE
VERIFIED
(completed by
assessor)
A
B
C
D

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