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		Unit 5		Attend emergencies
			Element 5		Moderates the influence of competing needs or motivations
						PC (a)	Monitors own emergency driving behaviour
						notes:	Emergency driving can cause drivers to feel they must meet competing needs (whether perceived or real). This means there is a risk that they may drive less safely in emergencies. This criterion requires drivers to monitor the effect of emergency driving on their behaviour.
							Needs that drivers have can include: driving quickly to attend a patient directing attention to thinking about the patient's condition and treatment or events at the patient's location taking risks (a normal human function) meeting the expectations of others, including peers, managers, the community and the Service itself
							This criterion requires drivers to become conscious of their behaviour as they drive - they become their own passenger. This 'other person' helps the driver recognise when particular needs are influencing their behaviour. Recognition is the first step in being able to moderate needs.
							Evidence for this criterion can be obtained during a review of performance, in role plays, in discussion and by the driver mentioning his or her own risk-taking while driving to an emergency.

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