This assessment task requires
you to provide first aid for a range of situations as outlined below.
Your assessor will set up the
simulated situations and for each of the situations below you will be
required to manage the casualty. Another student or your assessor will be the
casualty and you must always ask for consent to proceed where possible.
For each first aid situation
you also need to make sure you correctly select and use the required first
aid equipment. You also need to show that you are monitoring the casualty
whilst you are providing first aid. This will be dependent on the situation.
Activity 1: Respond to a child
who is experiencing anaphylaxis. There is no parent or caregiver in the
vicinity.
Activity 2: Respond to an adult
who is experiencing a severe asthma attack.
Activity 3: Respond to an
eight-month-old baby who was eating and now seems to be choking on their
food. Assume you are babysitting and there is no other parent or
caregiver in the vicinity.
Activity 4: Respond to an adult
who has just been bitten by a snake that you believe to be a brown snake but
you’re not sure. The snake has moved off.
Activity 5: Respond to a young
adult who was playing soccer and has collapsed on the ground screaming they
have broken their leg. Their ankle is painful and swollen. Their skin is
intact and there is no bleeding.
Activity 6: An 8-year-old child
has just cut their foot on a sharp edge. There is minor bleeding. The
child is a family member and you are the only adult around.
Activity 7: A child where you
work has a nosebleed. You are the only adult in the vicinity.
Activity 8: A colleague has
just witnessed an awful motor vehicle accident. They come back to work and
collapse on the floor.
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