WHAT DO STUDENTS NEED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS ASSESSMENT?
• Access to their workplace or simulated environment
• A chair
• A wheelchair
• A person to play the role of the client (assessor or a colleague).
WHEN AND WHERE DO STUDENTS NEED TO DO THIS?
• Students will do this task in their workplace or a simulated environment
• Provide students with the date of their visit so they can write it in their Student Assessment Booklet.
WHAT DO STUDENTS HAVE TO SUBMIT?
• Students do not need to submit anything for this task.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Your assessor will talk to you about an emergency scenario. You will be required to:
1. Correctly respond to the emergency situation by following workplace instructions, policies, and procedures.
2. Take responsibility for transferring one client to the emergency evacuation area. (Your assessor will provide you with details about this.)
3. Debrief with your assessor after the scenario is complete.
4. Answer two verbal questions.
Your assessor will be looking to see that you:
• Read and interpret emergency evacuation policies and procedures
• Correctly follow emergency evacuation policies and procedures in a simulated emergency
• Correctly use manual handling techniques for minimizing manual handling risk
For example, when moving the client from the chair to the wheelchair, when pushing and pulling the wheelchair, etc.
• Participate in a debriefing session to address the emergency situation
• Consider your own levels of stress and fatigue after an emergency situation.