At the end of the basic life support course, the students are tested on their responses
in two scenarios.
- An unconscious non-breathing casualty
(normally a Resusci Annie dummy)
- A conscious casualty
(normally a live actor)
The students are now exposed to a third scenario, halfway
between the above two. An actor "mannequin-man" pretending to be a CPR dummy
"danny CPR trainer".
The students have been taught to assess the
situation and casualty using a set of pre-defined rules, using the DRABC mnemonic. This
scenario is designed to drive home the need to not make assumptions, and to stick to the
basic life support training.
When the students enter the room, they see what appears to be a CPR dummy. If they make
assumptions, and forget what they have been taught, they may fail to check properly
for Breathing and Circulation.
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The students may then commence with two
emergency breaths.
If this happens, the examiner will stop them and ask them to assess the casualty for
breathing and circulation again; but this time taking a full ten seconds to asses for
breathing.
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This time, the student should detect that the dummy is breathing and has
a pulse.
The student, after completing a head to toe survey and finding no major injuries,
should then roll the casualty into the recovery position.
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