Station focus · Basic life support
OSCE basic life support
station practice.
Practise recognising the need for emergency help and explaining your role in a resuscitation response. Spoken rehearsal cannot demonstrate effective compressions or safe equipment use.
Last checked 2026-10-30 · NMBA exam information · RN Standards for Practice
What to practise
Use supervised simulation for the physical sequence. Online, rehearse how you call for help, direct a colleague and give a concise handover when the response team arrives. Refer to the current ANZCOR guidance for the clinical sequence.
This is a preparation category, not a prediction of a particular examination station. Read the candidate instructions and respond to the person and task you are given.
Make your approach clear
- State your immediate safety concern and call for the appropriate emergency response.
- Give a colleague a clear task and confirm it has been understood.
- Hand over what you found, what has been done and the patient’s response.
Rehearsal prompt: “I will explain what I am checking, what I have found and what needs to happen next.” Adapt the words to the actual findings; do not memorise a claim you cannot support.
Common ways to lose the thread
- Continuing an assessment without summoning urgent help.
- Giving vague instructions to the team.
- Assuming online rehearsal replaces supervised resuscitation practice.
Basic life support practice stations
Reading cards are free. The designated trial station needs no account; new accounts receive two AI stations. A practice pass opens further AI sessions.
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