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Assignment:
Assess and deliver basic clinical care
1. In your own words, explain what the Paramedicine Board of Australia's Code of Conduct states about ensuring non-discriminatory patient access to care.
2. You have been called out to a local park. A member of the public called for ambulance assistance because they believe there is a person at the park who is drug affected. When you arrive at the park, you see the person slumped on a bench. As you approach, you can see they are dishevelled and appear agitated. They will not make eye contact with you and keep staring into the distance. They appear to have poor motor skills. Outline the steps you would take to ensure you apply non-discriminatory practices.
3. Explain the principle of duty care and how it applies to providing basic clinical care to patients.
4. List three (3) steps you would follow to ensure yourself and your co-workers safety when arriving at a scene.
5. Identify four (4) things you should do to maintain situational awareness and safety when on the job.
6. When providing care to your patients, explain what you should do to ensure that you and your co-workers remain as safe as possible.
7. In your own words, explain what the Paramedicine Board of Australia's Code of Conduct states about providing care to a patient who poses a risk to health or safety or the team.
8. Part of your role will include the application of safe manual handling techniques. List three (3) situations where you must follow requirements of the hazardous manual tasks code of practice.
9. Outline the key steps in maintaining good posture when lifting and moving loads.
10. List four (4) key WHS responsibilities you have as an employee.
11. Identify at least four (4) different types of infectious and contagious diseases you could come into contact with in your job.
12. List three (3) types of PPE you can wear to reduce the risk of exposure to infectious and contagious diseases.
13. Before arriving at the scene, explain how you can learn about the types of infection control equipment/PPE you may need to wear based on the patient's condition.
14. Provide a detailed explanation of mandatory reporting. In your answer, provide an example of what is considered significant harm in your state or territory.
15. Are paramedics mandatory reporters in your state or territory?
16. Explain the concept of informed consent.
17. Assume a patient has been provided with as much information as possible to assist them in making an informed choice about their care. The patient refuses to receive treatment. What should you do in this case? (Assume the patient has capacity to make their own decisions.)
18. Assume a patient does not have capacity to give consent. What should you do in this situation? (Assume this is not an emergency situation.)