Certificate IV in Health Care - HLT41115

St John Ambulance (Western Australia) Ltd

Type of institution: Registered Training Organisation
Level: Pre-degree
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This qualification reflects the role of workers who provide initial pre-hospital and out-of-hospital basic health care response and assessment to patients requiring urgent medical services. The provision of urgent clinical care includes providing basic life support. The qualification applies to people working in a variety of roles including ambulance officers, patient transport officers, industrial medics and basic life support medics.To achieve this qualification, the candidate must have completed at least 80 hours of work as detailed in the Assessment Requirements of units of competency.No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.

Structure

  • 16 units: 9 core
  • 7 elective

Subjects

  • Transport emergency patients
  • Manage personal stressors in the work environment
  • Participate in assessment validation
  • Interpret and apply medical terminology appropriately
  • Comply with infection prevention and control policies and procedures
  • Work with diverse people
  • Communicate in complex situations to support health care
  • Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
  • Confirm physical health status
  • Implement safe access and egress in an emergency
  • Manage a routine non-emergency scene
  • Follow procedures for routine safe removal of patient
  • Contribute to assessment
  • Contribute to managing the scene of an emergency
  • Assess competence
  • Mentor in the workplace
  • Plan assessment activities and processes
  • Transport non-emergency patients under operational conditions
  • Follow safe work practices for direct client care
  • Assess and deliver basic clinical care
  • Contribute to effective workplace relationships
  • Work legally and ethically

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