BEH2032

Paramedic clinical practice 1 - Patient transport and ambulance ( 3 points, SCA Band 2, 0.063 EFTSL)

Leader: Mr Stephen Burgess

Offered:
Peninsula T3-58 2005 (Day)

Synopsis: This unit continues to develop the role of the paramedic as a clinician. It will build on the model of paramedic clinical competence and the context of Paramedic clinical practice both commenced in BEH2031. It will provide the context to support the theory units concurrently undertaken in this semester, BEH2012 and BEH2022. Supervised clinical experience will be undertaken over four weeks with an emergency ambulance service.

Objectives: By the completion of this unit, students will be able to: 1. demonstrate an ability to review his/her own clinical experience and arrange suitable learning experiences to maintain learning needs relevant to the clinical experience with emergency ambulance service providers; 2. demonstrate progress in the development of clinical, professional and leadership capabilities from novice to beginner paramedic through clinical experience with emergency ambulance service providers; 3. demonstrate an ability to respond to real life problems from their initiation and to assimilate information quickly and communicate it clearly and unambiguously as experienced in the setting of emergency ambulance services; 4. demonstrate an ability in a team, to apply theoretical knowledge and clinical skills learnt in this course to the care of patients transported with emergency ambulance service providers using the model of Paramedic clinical competence; 5. demonstrate a progress in the development of a culturally sensitive approach to the recognition and management of the reactions of self, patients and family to acute illness or injury as experienced in the setting of emergency ambulance service providers; and 6. describe the operational setting for paramedics in both the private and emergency ambulance services, in particular, the Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System, Communications Centre systems and the interface between Air Wing and other patient retrieval systems and the role other emergency and primary health care team members within community-based emergency health.

Assessment: Structured worksheets: 20% + 2 x Reflective case analysis: 30% + Clinical practice portfolio: 20% + Workplace professionalism evaluation: 30%

Contact Hours: The equivalent of 4 weeks full time supervised clinical placement - a total of 160 hours. The normal semester period is lengthened so that the essential professional requirement of the supervised clinical practice can be met.

Prerequisites: BEH2031

Corequisites: BEH2012 and BEH2022