WGC Internal Audit: Medical Evacuation Operations

• Conducted on

  Date

• Audit No. 00004

• Audit Title: Rössing uranium mine

• Auditor: P. Swart

• EMS paramedical personnel at RUL contract

Standard, Purpose and Scope

• Standard: Per contract requirements and all SOP's of E-Med.

• Purpose: To ensure compliance of Medical operation, Ambulance condition, dispatch, training of paramedics.

• Scope: RUL & E-Med Medical Operation

1 Documentation and Procedures

• 1.1 Is there a procedure manual published and distributed for the MedicalOperations at mine site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.1.1 Is the procedure manual approved and up to date?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.1.2 Is the procedure manual distributed and amendments up to date?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.2 Is there a procedure manual for the paramedics and their activities?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.2.1 Is the procedure manual approved and up to date?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.2.2 Is the procedure manual distributed and amendments up to date?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.3 Is there a published Work and relieve roster for medical personnel?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.3.1 Is there a procedure to manage these hours work period records?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.4 Is there published crew requirements for Medical personnel?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.4 Is the crew requirements taken into consideration when crew is rostered for Operational duty?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.5 Is there training records for medical personnel?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.6 Is there a procedure published for dealing with contagious and infectious diseases?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.6.1 Is protective gear available for medical personnel for use when transporting infectious or contagious patients?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.6.2 Is there a quarantine and cleaning procedure for Ambulanse vehicle after a infectious or contagious patient have been transported?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.7 Is there a published policy regarding transporting next of kin of a patient if the patient is not a minor?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.8 Is there a published procedure for and a Emergency Response Plan?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.9 Is there a published procedure for cleaning the ambulance after a medical incident?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.10 Is there a published procedure for filling the oxygen bottles in the Life Port?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

2 Training Records

• 2.2 Is there a training record for each medical crew member on Medevac duty?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 2.2.1 Does the training records comply with the requirements of WWC FOM Part 1, Chapter 9, Annexure C: Curriculum for Medical crew?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 2.3 Is there a training record for each ground crew member on Medevac duty?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 2.3.1 Is there a record of training for the personnel that fills the oxygen bottles in the Life Port installed in the aircraft?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

3 Equipment and Aircraft

• 3.1 Is there an approved STC or modification of the installed Life Port and other equipment in the aircraft file and/or the POH?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 3.2 Is there availability of copies of the relevant procedures for dealing with infectious or contagious diseases?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 3.3 Is there a means to secure all loose equipment not used by the medical crew in the cabin during respond?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 3.4 Is there an alternate means for providing light in the cabin that does not rely on the vehicles electrical system?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 3.4.1 Are spare batteries readily available and checked regularly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 3.5 Are any extra fire extinguishers fitted in the ambulance and are they checked regularly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 3.6 Is each medical crew member issued with a bag/s of medical supplies and equipment and are they checked regularly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 3.6.1 Are records kept to which medical crew member medical supplies and equipment are issued?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 3.6.2 Are records kept of medical supplies dispensed to patients?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

General Observations and Recommendations

• Observations

• Recommendations

Acceptance

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