No-shock AED prompt in residential care
RN OSCE practice station

The task

You are the RN in an aged care facility. Evelyn Price, aged 81, is found unresponsive in a lounge chair. The current record documents full active resuscitation. An RN can assist with safe positioning. Recognise the emergency, demonstrate DRSABCD and hand over to arriving help. Complete the supplied practice record. Speak to the patient and describe each assessment as you perform it. A second RN is available. You have eight minutes; describe and select physical actions in this online exercise.

What this station tests

• Evelyn needs assisted positioning from her chair onto a firm flat surface.
• No shock advised is an AED decision, not evidence that breathing has returned.
• Her existing active-resuscitation plan supports starting care immediately.
• Last seen well at 09:40 and found at 10:00 are different handover facts.

Sources for the clinical content

• ANZCOR Guideline 8: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• ANZCOR Guideline 6: Compressions
• ANZCOR Guideline 7: Automated External Defibrillation in Basic Life Support
• ACSQHC: Communicating for Safety Standard

An original practice scenario with invented patients. Not an exam question.

Practise next

• Gasping collapse in a ward bay
• Collapse in the GP treatment room
• Signs of life during community resuscitation
• AED use after collapse beside a community pool
• Basic life support for a child in a clinic