AED use after collapse beside a community pool
RN OSCE practice station

The task

Tom Fisher collapses on a dry poolside walkway after leaving the water. He has been moved clear of the pool by staff and is lying on his back. RN Alex Morgan is with you. Demonstrate basic life support and AED use, coordinate help and complete a brief event record after resuscitation responsibility is transferred. The patient is a manikin; address the patient and the examiner voices their answers and supplies findings. RN Alex Morgan is available.

What this station tests

• Clear the patient from water and dry bare pad sites before AED attachment.
• Gasping is not normal breathing; do not delay CPR for routine observations.
• Resume CPR immediately after shock delivery and keep pauses short.

Sources for the clinical content

• ANZCOR Guideline 8: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• ANZCOR Guideline 6: Compressions
• ANZCOR Guideline 7: Automated External Defibrillation in Basic Life Support

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
• No-shock AED prompt in residential care
• Signs of life during community resuscitation
• Basic life support for a child in a clinic