units

PAR4303

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Monash University

Postgraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2012 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelPostgraduate
FacultyFaculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
OfferedPeninsula First semester 2012 (Day)
Peninsula Second semester 2012 (Day)
Peninsula Summer semester A to Semester one 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Ingrid Brooks

Synopsis

This unit will cover the theoretical underpinnings required to develop in the student an
appropriate level of knowledge, understanding and skill related to the provision of
trauma care. Trauma care is approached from the contextual perspective of trauma
systems, time critical guidelines and trauma triage criteria. Specific traumatic injuries
are discussed in depth and practice in the related trauma skills is provided.

Outcomes

By the completion of this unit the student will be able to:

  1. describe the structure of trauma systems and define the related trauma triage criteria;
  2. recall the pharmacology of relevant drugs used in the emergency management of
trauma and environmental conditions
  1. relate the pathophysiology of common traumatic and environmental injuries to their
management;
  1. demonstrate advanced trauma life support clinical skills;
  2. integrate the theoretical knowledge and clinical skills to the management of trauma
and environmental emergencies in 'real time' work simulation using a clinical
problem solving and clinical decision making model;
  1. describe the benefits of pre-hospital advanced trauma life support and the related role of community emergency health practitioners;
  2. discuss the epidemiology of trauma and environmental injury;
  3. describe the ongoing management of patients with trauma in hospital critical care
units within the framework of a trauma system;
  1. discuss how community emergency health practitioners might relate to and coordinate with hospital critical care units;
  2. demonstrate the characteristics of an interactional professional within the context
of managing patients with trauma emergencies; and
  1. implement evidence-base practice to management of emergency trauma and
environmental conditions.

Assessment

Examinations (75%)
Advanced trauma life support simulation (25%)
Professional development assessment (Pass/Fail)

Chief examiner(s)

Ms Ingrid Brooks

Contact hours

104 hours comprising lectures, tutorials, practical sessins and clinical scenarios, self-directed learning materials and WebCT, 20 hours supervised hospital clinical practice, 32 hours independent work.

Prerequisites

This unit is only available to students sponsored by Ambulance Victoria, and the
Alfred Hospital Emergency and Trauma Centre, or other industry sponsored
students.