Basic life support for a child in a clinic
RN OSCE practice station

The task

Lily Adams suddenly collapses in a GP treatment room. She is on the floor on her back; no trauma is reported. RN Alex Morgan and her father are present. Using the standard BLS pathway, demonstrate child basic life support, coordinate 000 and AED use and hand over to arriving help. Record the event only after responsibility transfers. The patient is a manikin; address the patient and the examiner voices their answers and supplies findings. RN Alex Morgan is available. David Adams is present.

What this station tests

• For this child, use about one-third chest depth and one or two hands suited to size.
• Standard ANZCOR BLS uses 30:2; clinicians trained in specialist paediatric BLS follow that pathway.
• No shock advised means resume CPR unless normal breathing and signs of life have returned.

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
• AED use after collapse beside a community pool