ESI First Aid, CPR & Low Voltage Rescue

HLTAID009 - Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

UETDRRF004 - Perform Rescue from a Live LV Panel

UETDRRF007 - Provide first aid in an ESI environment

This course is designed to provide participants with the skills required to manage and provide essential first-aid in an emergency within an ESI environment and to be able to identify the additional risks associated with this environment.

Application and Relevance

ESI employees are required to maintain currency in this Unit for authorisation/approval to work on ESI Networks.

Electricity Supply Industry workers who undertake the installation and/or maintenance of network infrastructure which requires workers to Perform rescue from a live LV panel and CPR, to meet WHS, mobility and mutual aid requirements. The course will provide participants with the skills to effectively deal with an emergency situation in the workplace that may require administering effective use of first aid skills, coupled with CPR, and it meets the duty of care required when participants are required to work in close proximity to live electrical parts.

This course covers the performance of rescue procedures from live Low Voltage (LV) apparatus. It specifies the mandatory requirements of rescue from a live LV panel and how they apply in the context of transmission, distribution or rail work functions. It encompasses responsibilities for, health, safety and risk management processes at all operative levels and adherence to safety practices as part of the normal way of doing work.

This course provides participants with the confidence and competence required to perform CPR on an unconscious casualty, in the context of those having suffered electrocution.

Course Content

Topics include and are not limited to:

Inspection of rescue equipment
Placement of rescue equipment
Assessing and controlling hazards to rescuer, victim and others
Isolation procedures where appropriate
Knowledge and maintenance of Safe Approach Distances (SAD’s) appropriate to rescue from a live LV panel
Low voltage panel rescue
Removing victim to safe location / place of safety
Providing CPR and first aid
Involvement of external emergency services
Recognise an emergency and act to minimise immediate hazards to themselves and others
Introduction to first aid principles including Electrical specific injury
Assessing a cardiac emergency - DRSABCD principal
Resuscitation techniques
Using a defibrillator (AED)
Undertake emergency care of a casualty
Be respectful and recognise the need for accurate confidential records and reporting requirements that meet legislative and organisational needs.

Inclusions

Training conducted by experienced first aid specialist trainer/assessor
Associated documentation
Manual, Manikins or actors for role playing scenarios
LVR Kit
Mobile phone or other communications equipment
First aid gloves and masks
Water and/or hydrogel
Bandages, padding and splints
Incident reports
8 Hours classroom, practical training and assessment

Re-accreditation:

Participants require refresher training every 12 months in order to maintain satisfactory levels of emergency preparedness and stay current in CPR.

Prerequisites

Participants will need oral communication skills in order to make an accurate verbal report to emergency services and workplace supervisor

Assessment

This is a competency-based program with progressive assessment throughout the course, including demonstration of written and oral questions relating to underpinning knowledge.
You will be assessed on performing ESI environment scenario and task demonstrations to: