Surf Life Saving Australia Course Syllabus Bronze Medallion PUA21004 Certificate II in Public Safety (aquatic rescue)

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The candidate should be able to:

Safety and Wellbeing

Contribute to participative arrangements for the management of occupational health and safety

1. • Identify personal and environmental hygiene factors that contribute to a safe workplace.
2. • Identify the types of costs associated with workplace illness and injury.
3. • List management’s and member’s OH&S responsibilities.
4. • Define duty of care.
5. • Identify causes of accidents.
6. • Recognise, and rectify where possible, hazards in the workplace.
7. • Follow workplace procedures and work instructions for controlling and reporting risks.
8. • Identify factors that can contribute to a healthy lifestyle.

Follow workplace procedures for hazard identification and risk control

1. • Define when you should report OH&S issues to designated personnel
2. • List common sun disorders.
3. • List preventative measures for sun safety for surf lifesavers on patrol.

Surf Awareness and Skills

Describe surfing and environmental conditions and hazards

1. • List three types of waves; specifically, spilling, dumping and surging waves.
2. • Identify how waves are formed.
3. • Recognise and describe differing currents in surf zones; specifically, rips, and inshore drift currents and holes.
4. • Describe methods of escaping from a rip for both strong and poor swimmers.

Recognise an appropriate safe beach and zone for surf bathing in key locations

1. • Identify the types of beaches.
2. • Assess prevailing weather conditions.
3. • Identify safety aspects of the beach structure.

Demonstrate surf skills

1. • Perform a swim, negotiate the surf, using fins plus a rescue tube.
2. • Paddle a board, negotiate the surf, using an SLSA rescue board.
3. • Demonstrate escape methods from a rip.
4. • Demonstrate body surfing techniques.

Anatomy and Physiology

Explain the functions of the:

1. • circulatory system
2. • skeletal system
3. • respiratory system
4. • nervous systems.

Surf Life Saving Australia Course Syllabus Bronze Medallion PUA21004 Certificate II in Public Safety (aquatic rescue)

Basic First Aid

Identify basic patient management techniques

1. • Perform checks to identify potential danger to oneself, the patient and bystanders: specifically, ways to prevent the spread of communicable diseases.
2. • Define the principles of basic first aid management.
3. • Recognise and manage external bleeding injuries.
4. • Recognise and manage patient shock and fainting.
5. • Recognise and manage patients suffering minor burns: specifically, sunburn.
6. • Recognise and manage patients suffering from needle-stick injuries.
7. • Recognise and manage patients suffering soft tissue injuries, using the specific techniques of rest, ice, compression and elevation.
8. • Perform a basic emergency care management assessment: specifically, danger, response, airway, breathing, circulation, and defibrillation.

First Aid

Perform basic patient management techniques

1. • Demonstrate body check procedure.
2. • List the procedure for the management of major tissues damage with severe bleeding.
3. • Recognise and manage patients with hypothermia.
4. • Recognise and manage marine envenomation injuries.
5. • Recognise and manage patients with chest pains.
6. • Recognise and manage patients with fractures, dislocations and sprains and strains.
7. • Recognise and manage patients with spinal and neck injuries.
8. • Recognise and manage patients with heat exhaustion and heatstroke.
9. • Recognise and manage patients with burns.
10. • Recognise and manage patients with a diving illness.
11. • Recognise and manage unconscious patients.
12. • Maintain effective documentation.
13. • Define methods and parameters of checking vital signs.
14. • Restore and maintain first aid equipment.
15. • Refer to more appropriate care.

Basic Resuscitation

Perform basic resuscitation techniques

1. • List stages in the chain of survival.
2. • Perform one- and two-person patient assessment.
3. • List the differences in rates of EAR for adults, children and infants.
4. • Perform mouth-to-mouth, mouth-to-nose and mouth-to-mask expired air resuscitation techniques (EAR).
5. • Define the differences between infant and adult resuscitation methods.
6. • List who should be sent to hospital.

Resuscitation (CPR)

Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques

1. • Demonstrate knowledge of when to start CPR, and the flow chart procedures for CPR.
2. • List the different rates of CPR for adults, children and infants.
3. • Perform one- and two-person CPR techniques.
4. • Perform oxygen-aided resuscitation technique.
5. • Demonstrate and describe procedures for managing patients after CPR.
6. • Demonstrate the use and knowledge of oxygen therapy.

Surf Life Saving Australia Course Syllabus Bronze Medallion PUA21004 Certificate II in Public Safety (aquatic rescue)

Communications

Communicate in the workplace

1. • Explain how interpersonal communication happens.
2. • Demonstrate the five skills needed for effective interpersonal communications.
3. • Discuss the appropriateness of the different styles of interpersonal communications.
4. • Choose an appropriate channel to ensure effective interpersonal communications.
5. • Minimise potential breakdowns and barriers when communicating in the workplace.
6. • Take part in group discussions and informal meetings.
7. • Demonstrate SLSA document procedures.
8. • Demonstrate SLSA signals.

Radio Communications

Perform radio communication practices using approved SLSA radios

1. • Describe the way the SLSA radio system network operates.
2. • Demonstrate basic transmitting and receiving procedures and call signs.
3. • Detail search and rescue emergency procedures.
4. • Detail pre-patrol and post-patrol procedures.
5. • Detail routine maintenance of waterproof IRB and hand-held radios.
6. • Detail emergency maintenance and procedures if a radio has been submerged in water.

Rescue Techniques

Perform patient approaches, support and escapes aided by equipment on a conscious and an unconscious patient

1. • Perform a tube and board rescue for a person in distress.
2. • Assess the patient’s level of distress.
3. • Secure and support the patient using the rescue equipment.
4. • Perform front and rear release and escape methods.
5. • Perform leg and arm blocks.
6. • Perform patient tows; specifically tired swimmer, armpit and wrist tows.
7. • Return the patient safely to shore.

Identify people in distress in a surfing or water environment

1. • Describe the signs of drowning; specifically, climbing the ladder, poor flotation, being face down or waving arms.
2. • List common rescues, and sites and conditions for rescues experienced by lifesavers.
3. • Describe the states in which people requiring assistance may be; specifically, anxious, panicking, calm or in shock.

Perform surf skills

1. • Complete a 200 meter run, 200 meter swim and 200 meter run within eight minutes (Bronze Medallion).
2. • Complete a 100 meter run, 100 meter swim and 100 meter run within 5 minutes (Surf Rescue Certificate).

Carries and Supports

Perform patient retrieval and support unaided by equipment

1. • Perform a spinal carry.
2. • Perform a stinger drag.
3. • Perform an IRB carry.
4. • Perform a three-person carry.
5. • Perform a two-person seat.
6. • Perform a stretcher carry.

Surf Life Saving Australia Course Syllabus Bronze Medallion PUA21004 Certificate II in Public Safety (aquatic rescue)

Patrols

Work as part of a team

1. • Contribute positively to team activities.
2. • Interact successfully in the workplace.
3. • Give and receive support to/from team members.

Describe the purpose of patrols and patrolling

1. • List three reasons for patrols and patrolling by surf clubs.
2. • Describe the roles of lifesavers and lifeguards.
3. • Describe the activities and trends of beach users at one local beach.

Demonstrate standard patrol practices

1. • Recognise the equipment required for patrolling.
2. • Establish a patrol base and check equipment.
3. • Use communication skills effectively.
4. • Identify patrol methods.
5. • Describe scanning procedures and methods.
6. • Identify Australian Standard signs commonly used near the water.

Identify and demonstrate all the factors which affect bathers and those using water for recreation

1. • Define possible dangers at the beach.
2. • List actions to take in emergencies to counter these dangers.
3. • Perform a simulated patrol rescue.

COMPETENCIES

PUAOHS001B Followed defined occupational health and safety policies and Procedures

PUASAR012A Apply surf survival and self rescue skills

PUAEME001A Provide emergency care

PUACOM001B Communicate in a workplace

PUASAR001A Participate in a rescue

PUATEM001A Work in a team

PUAOPE002A Operate a communication system and equipment

Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue)

PUATEA004A Work effectively in a public safety organisation