The details of both a primary assessment (DRSABCD) and a secondary assessment need to be accurately recorded in an incident report.
It is important to remember that written documentation is mandatory under state and territory regulations for work health and safety in addition to:
- being used to support insurance, compensation or workers compensation claims
- providing protection for the injured person, SLS and yourself
- providing information for SLS data collection such as data on hazards for club safety officers and first aid responses for SLS annual reports
- supporting accurate sharing of information during person handovers to paramedics.
Refer to the Resuscitation module this manual for more information about documentation and person handovers.