Stretcher course for casualty evacuation - Building Industry

Stretcher course for building and construction industry, suitable for low angle stretcher movements.

This course is applicable to personnel who are required to participate in a rescue using, or assisting others to use, a patient  stretcher for evacuation or relocation, or for those required to supervise, manage, or provide safety role support to those workers.

It is delivered at your work location, subject to risk assessment in a 4 hour (nominal)  timeframe.

It may be delivered in conjunction with related Nationally recognised training e.g. First Aid/CPR, Spinal Care

In low angle scenarios live patient may be used for demonstration of casualty management and transport in a range of scenarios, eg stretcher stairs, First Aid Cages etc.  (subject to site risk assessment)

Focus is on appropriate casualty management and packaging/transport and first responder rescue team communication.

This course addresses elements of legislative requirements including reporting, rescue planning, risk management, human factors, equipment and rigging checks and the operation of client nominated  First Responder First Aid team movement of casualty using stretchers.

It includes information on casualty management including suspension trauma management and spine care according to published guidelines. Australian Resuscitation Council https://resus.org.au/

Training is contextualised for your rescue or recovery scenarios and is site / work environment specific. 

This is a competency-based industry training course which may provide PCBU’s and principal contractors with evidence of meeting parts of their general duty to ensure the workplace health and safety of themselves, workers, and other persons. 

This duty includes ensuring any person required to assist as First Responder in a rescue or evacuation using a stretcher is deemed competent through provision of sufficient information, instruction & training. 

The skills taught and assessed in this course are applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation & guidance, Australian/New Zealand standards and industry codes of practice.