PADI RTO First Aid Student Manual

HLTAID008 MANAGE FIRST AID SERVICES AND RESOURCES Referral letter Where a casualty needs to be referred to a doctor or hospital, a note containing all pertinent details should accompany the casualty. It should contain: • Personal details (brief); • Date: • History of injury or illness; • Findings of examination; • First aid management; • Signature and status If a chemical or toxic substance has been involved or is suspected of being the cause of an injury or illness, all known data on the chemical or substance should accompany the employee to the doctor or hospital. MEDICAL REFERRAL From: (enter location details) To: (enter location details) Name of Employee: Date of Birth: Employee’s Company:

Work injury:

Yes No

Nature of complaint or injury:

Management: Attendant Date:

Maintain confidentiality of records and information in line with privacy principles and statutory and/or organisational policies A degree of confidentiality exists in all professions and organisations and, it has legal consequences for everyone involved in the medical/health profession. It is very important that you understand what confidentiality means and how you should handle various situations. What do you think is meant by the term ‘confidentiality’? What does it mean when someone tells you something ‘in confidence’? Has there been a time in your life when you told somebody something in confidence and later found you couldn’t trust them? Has there been a time when you have heard gossip about someone or something they have done which you felt they might not want spread around? ‘Confidentiality’ is another way of saying ‘secrecy’. Confidentiality requires trust. If someone wants something to remain confidential, they want it to be kept a secret or treated as a private matter. As someone who is privy to confidential information, no matter what it might be, you are in a position of trust. As a first-aider this goes beyond your personal needs. You are trusted not to divulge confidential information to anyone, unless directed by management or given permission to do so by the patient.

PADI RTO VIII-28