Advanced Certificate in Medical Rescue

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1

• Communicate effectively with patients, colleagues, and other services using appropriate modalities, including electronic media, with consistent use of professional terminology.
• Promote human dignity and sensitivity to diversity in all interactions, applying ethical principles of beneficence, autonomy, justice, truth-telling, promise-keeping, and confidentiality.
• Ensure adherence to the codes of ethics of the HPCSA and professional associations.
• Highlight the importance of mental health and wellness for emergency care providers, emphasizing their impact on job effectiveness.
• Demonstrate methods for achieving and maintaining operational fitness through lifestyle, diet, and exercise techniques, understanding their impact on job performance.
• Apply methods for personal safety through risk assessment, scene evaluation, decision-making, and action-taking.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2

• Manage injuries unique to high angle rescue environments within the learner's scope of practice.
• Define roles and responsibilities of high angle technicians and team members.
• Address safety and rescuer fatigue in high angle environments.
• Describe high angle rescue equipment types, functions, usage, and maintenance.
• Utilize high angle rescue equipment effectively, constructing labeled diagrams of anchor points and rigging them safely.
• Secure and package patients during high angle rescue operations.
• Select appropriate gear for high angle rescue scenarios.
• Discuss stretcher characteristics and mechanical advantage systems.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3

• Safely and effectively manage injuries unique to vehicle and machinery entrapment rescue environments.
• Identify and utilize support services correctly, including appropriate attire for light motor vehicle rescue.
• Understand scene safety principles and demonstrate effective use of stabilization equipment and tools.
• Maintain and utilize motor vehicle rescue tools effectively.
• Demonstrate scene stabilization and patient management in practical scenarios.
• Address machinery entrapment principles and demonstrate correct patient access, disentanglement, packaging, and removal.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4

• Analyze and operationalize plans for structural fire and low visibility environments.
• Select and use firefighting equipment effectively, discussing elements of combustion and fire behavior.
• Classify combustible materials and discuss extinguishing methods.
• Address the dangers of fire search and rescue comprehensively.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5

• Address aircraft accidents, dangers posed, and key components of winged rotor aircraft.
• Explain lift generation by an aerofoil and discuss flight controls.
• Identify crew roles, landing site requirements, and communication methods.
• Demonstrate safe approaches, embarkation, disembarkation, and communication with aircraft crew.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 6

• Identify and discuss dangers in wilderness search and rescue activities.
• Interpret topographical maps effectively for route planning and decision-making.
• Demonstrate accurate navigation, survival requirements, good campsite characteristics, and search management principles.
• Apply search management principles effectively in scenarios, showcasing teamwork and leadership skills.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 7

• Analyze, synthesize, and operationalize plans for aquatic rescue incidents.
• Demonstrate swimming abilities and rescue techniques effectively.
• Address common causes of drowning, dangers in river rescue, and low head dam risks.
• Utilize high lines and zip lines for patient rescue in water scenarios.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 8

• Analyze and plan for urban search and rescue incidents, including hazardous materials environments.
• Classify and discuss hazards of ventilation strategies, confined spaces, trench accidents, and structural collapse incidents.
• Demonstrate equipment use and procedures for confined space and trench rescues, as well as structural collapse incidents.

Integrated Assessment

• Assessment methods include written and oral exams, projects, case studies, portfolios, logbooks, clinical reports, reflective practice journals, and simulated scenarios.
• Assessment practices are fair, transparent, and aligned with institution policies on assessment and moderation.

Formative Assessment

• Continuous assessment of smaller sections of work, focusing on learning integration and practical skills evaluation.

Summative Assessment

• Evaluate learners' abilities to manage knowledge and skills, integrating theory and practical assessments in the area of medical rescue.