All courses are scenario based and practical, you will be asked to participate as a First Aider, a patient and possibly a bystander/helper.
Participation is a requirement, and you are asked to wear suitable clothing to work within the scenarios.
You must be physically able to take part in First Aid. First Aid Unit Standards are pre-requisites of each other and must be completed in order.

Unit Standards are assessed against moderated evidence and judgement schedules with scenarios appropriate to your workplace where possible. These are either held in the class area or suitable environments. You may also receive verbal feedback on your work post assessment.

Prior learning, from previous life experiences or courses may be recognised. You may still need to be assessed. Contact Triple One Care to discuss these options.

It would be appreciated if you complete an online evaluation form and submit it. This helps us to check the quality of our training and understand your experience.

If you disagree with your assessment process and cannot resolve this with the trainer you may appeal. This is to be via email to [email protected]. The appeal is to be received within two weeks of finishing the course.

Complaints on the evaluation forms will be reviewed. You may approach the trainer, use your company’s complaint procedure or contact Triple One Care Support Office PH 0800 487 475. If unresolved you may also contact NZQA on PH 0800 697 296.

All trainers are aware of your feelings and are open to respecting your needs. Let the trainer know of any problems. Learners are asked to respect each other and private information. By agreement a support person e.g. cultural needs, sign language, English language translator is welcome in the classroom to support a learner. The Treaty of Waitangi principles are respected. We ask that learners respect equipment and use hygienic (clean) practices.

On the rare occasion that this may happen, the trainer will:
❶ Speak with you.
❷ Verbally warn you that this is not acceptable.
❸ Ask you to leave. In a school this will be reported to the principal.

For purpose of moderation and recording results, photos may need to be taken and used as evidence of your learning. You are asked to sign the assessment book giving permission for your work, photos and results to be copied as necessary. Work including photos will be retained no longer than two years and three months, then destroyed.

Hours, breaks and site safety needs to be discussed/agreed on the day. A Risk Analysis and Management Systems form (RAMS) will be completed pre-course. This is done for all courses and venues.

The instructor will teach and give opportunities for the learners to practice current New Zealand first aid techniques for each unit standard. You may not look at any course material while demonstrating the final assessments for each unit standard.

• The instructor will give you a scenario and the person(s) acting out the scenario. Your instructor will assess your ability to either demonstrate or describe first aid in the given scenario. They place a check mark when the required competency is demonstrated on the corresponding checklist. Your instructor may give you extra instructions during the assessment.

Work will be ticked when achieved and marked A (Achieved) or NYA (Not yet achieved).

• You will be given a chance to be reassessed by mutual agreement with the trainer but no later than 1 month after the course. You may be offered the chance to repeat the course.

At the end of the assessment your instructor will inform you of your achievement or need to re-sit and initial the assessment to verify the result.

Purpose Statement
People credited with this unit standard are able to: provide basic life support, manage a foreign body airway obstruction, manage first aid for life threatening bleeding, and provide first aid management for a person in shock.
Available grade: Achieved

1 > Reference
New Zealand. Toitū te Waiora. (2022). First Aid as a Life Skill: Training Requirements for Quality Provision of Unit Standard-based First Aid Training. Available at: First Aid qualifications – Toitū te Waiora (toitutewaiora.nz).

2 > Assessment conditions
Practices for first aid (knowledge and skills) must be consistent with the current version of the First Aid as a Life Skill document.
Competence will be demonstrated in a simulated emergency situation.  Environmental conditions must be identified and considered for the situation where the assessment takes place. Assessors must observe learners demonstrating the practical skills during the course for summative assessment in line with the current version of the First Aid as a Life Skill document.

Outcome 1: Provide basic life support.
Range: person is not breathing normally and is unresponsive. Adult OR Child and Infant.
Performance criteria:
1.1 Apply the DRSABCD algorithm.
1.2 Assess collapsed person’s condition.
Range: responsiveness, airway, breathing.
1.3 Manage the collapsed person’s condition.
Range: airway patency; breathing support (CPR); circulation support.
1.4 Describe when and how to attach an AED.

Outcome 2: Manage a foreign body airway obstruction.
Performance criteria:
2.1 Demonstrate hand positioning on the chest on self, and describe the administration of back blows, and how to manage a foreign body airway obstruction for an adult or child.
2.2 Demonstrate on a manikin how to manage a foreign body airway obstruction for an infant.

Outcome 3: Manage first aid for life-threatening bleeding.
Performance criteria:
3.1 Manage bleeding in a life-threatening situation.
3.2 Describe when managing bleeding takes priority over CPR in a life-threatening situation, and when a torniquet may be required.

Outcome 4: Provide first aid management for a person in shock.
Performance criteria:
4.1 Provide first aid and describe the management of a person in shock.
4.2 Demonstrate the recovery position.

Purpose Statement
People credited with this unit standard are able to provide first aid.
Available grade: Achieved

Prerequisites: Unit 6402 – Provide Basic Life Support

1 > Reference
New Zealand. Toitū te Waiora. (2022). First Aid as a Life Skill: Training Requirements for Quality Provision of Unit Standard-based First Aid Training. Available at: First Aid qualifications – Toitū te Waiora (toitutewaiora.nz).

2 > Assessment conditions
Practices for first aid (knowledge and skills) must be consistent with the current version of the First Aid as a Life Skill document.
Competence will be demonstrated using a different simulated first aid incident developed by the training provider.
Accepted practices for first aid include recognising when to call for help, and simple management of condition(s).
The training provider’s assessment or incident checklist must make reference to specific information on how each first aid situation and each person’s injuries and medical conditions are expected to be managed.
The assessment or incident checklist must cover aspects such as management of injuries and/or medical conditions i.e. what the learner is expected to do in each situation.

Outcome 1: Provide first aid
Performance criteria:
1.1 The person’s condition is assessed and managed according to practices outlined in the First Aid as a Life
Skill document.
Range: person’s condition includes:
One trauma from – burns, fractures, dislocations, soft tissue injuries, poisoning.
Two medical conditions from – heart attack, asthma, stroke, seizure, diabetes.

Purpose Statement
People credited with this unit standard are able to manage first aid in an emergency situation.
Available grade: Achieved

Prerequisite: Unit 6401 – Provide First Aid.

1 > Reference
New Zealand. Toitū te Waiora. (2022). First Aid as a Life Skill: Training Requirements for Quality Provision of Unit Standard-based First Aid Training. Available at: First Aid qualifications – Toitū te Waiora (toitutewaiora.nz).

2 > Assessment conditions
Practices for first aid (knowledge and skills) must be consistent with the current version of the First Aid as a Life Skill document.
Competence must be demonstrated in a simulated emergency situation, that involves people with major injuries and a medical condition by using different scenarios from a pool of scenarios developed by the provider.
First aid training provider assessment schedules or scenario checklists must contain scenario specific information on how each emergency situation and each person’s major injuries and medical conditions are expected to be managed. This information may cover aspects such as the environment, number of people injured or unwell, number and description of bystanders, management of injuries and what the learner is expected to do in each situation.

3 >  Definitions
Manage means monitoring of the entire emergency situation in addition to providing first aid. This includes the identification of and reaction to potential hazards to all people present.
Hazards include but are not limited to – electrocution, bodies of water, fire, hazardous chemicals, biological risks, presence of bodily fluids, the weather, road traffic accidents, gas contaminated environments.

Outcome 1: Manage first aid in an emergency situation.
Range: a minimum of two people.
Performance criteria:
1.1 Accident scene is assessed for situational hazards and to mitigate risks to self and others.
1.2 The person’s major injuries, medical condition, and the emergency situation are assessed and
managed according to the First Aid as a Life Skill document.
Range: assess two major injuries from this range: chemical burns, electrical burns, gunshot, impalement,
stabbing, crush injuries, amputations, head injuries, suspected spinal injuries, internal injuries
assess one medical condition from this range: severe allergic reaction, cold emergency, heat emergency