Folio Task 2 Leadership and Emergency Response

1. A leader’s effectiveness is defined by their characteristics and qualities. To be an effective leader you must have qualities such as confidence, being positive and experience, just to name a few (See Figure 1). Qualities such as these are what make leaders successful and effective.

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Confidence is one quality that I believe is a must, if a leader isn’t confident in what they are doing or saying how can they expect people to follow or believe them? If the group doesn’t have confidence in the ability or knowledge in the leader there wont be any trust created. Without any trust formed between the leader and the people he is leading situations such as non cooperation, arguments or negativity …show more content…
Courtney has had a 2-3 metre fall onto her outstretched arm, she seems to have broken her collar bone. Mambray creek is a fire access path so Courtney wont have to be moved if 000 is needed. The leader must firstly check if the rest of the group is safe before treating to the injury. You firstly need to immobilize the arm and try to avoid moving her arm at all. Courtney’s arm must be now be placed in a sling, this can be done by any material that is available at the time (Terrer, 2016). Once the collarbone and arm are secured, you must figure out if Courtney is able to proceed until you get to your campsite or if she needs emergency help. If she does need emergency help you must attempt to move her back onto the track for easier access. If she decides she’s fine to keep walking until the campsite, you must make sure you constantly checking on her too see if her conditions worsens. In most cases the participant will need medical assistance so the leader will stay with them until further help arrives. If service is not available the leader will have to send the three most capable group members to try and get service to call 000, it must always be at least 3 members in case they find themselves in an