23Training requirements for crew members

23 Training requirements for crew members

(1)  In this regulation –

training areas, in relation to a crew member of an NEPT Service, includes the following areas:

(a) first aid, including basic life support;

(b) recognition of the clinical signs of deterioration and processes for the escalation of care based on current evidence-based practice;

(c) infection prevention and control, including standard and transmission-based precautions (especially hand hygiene);

(d) occupational health and safety, including manual handling procedures for people and equipment;

(e) operation of all equipment, used to provide non-emergency patient transport services by the Service, in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions for the equipment;

(f) any other area specified in the relevant NEPT licence as a training area.

(2)  The licensee of an NEPT Service must ensure that each crew member is provided with, and completes, training in the training areas before the crew member provides non-emergency patient transport services on behalf of the Service.

(3)  In addition to any training provided in accordance with subregulation (2) , the licensee of an NEPT Service must ensure that, at least once in every 12-month period, each crew member of the Service is provided, at a minimum, with training in the training areas that are relevant to the scope of practice of the crew member.

(4)  Nothing in this regulation lowers, or removes, a standard, requirement or obligation in place in respect of the training of crew members under the Act or any other Act.