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BEH1102 - Clinical concepts of paramedic practice 2

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Organisational Unit

Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice

Coordinator(s)

Ms Jaime Wallis

Offered

Not offered in 2016

Synopsis

This unit builds on the foundation of the paramedic clinician and expands the roles expected of paramedics as clinicians. The unit will utilise a model of paramedic clinical competence as a framework to develop the foundations and skills of clinical approach, clinical problem solving, clinical decision-making, and scene management. The unit will develop scientific knowledge and understanding of selected concepts of disease/injury and require students to integrate this knowledge in the clinical laboratory and simulation settings. The unit uses a patient-centred safety focus and is designed to assist students to understand the scope of practice and clinical pathways available in community based emergency healthcare.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Demonstrate and enhance the standardised clinical approach and assessment to patients in the community.
Demonstrate the required standard in each of the core clinical skills of a physical examination in the pre-hospital setting.
Demonstrate the ability to appropriately manage the unconscious patient and devise an appropriate clinical management plan for that individual.
Identify the need for a thorough clinical assessment and examine triage pathways for specific patient presentation in the pre-hospital setting.
Explore and identify the impact of evidence based practice that informs paramedic practice.
Identify and describe facets of the pre-hospital work environment that can impact on the delivery of care to a patient and ambulance paramedics.

Assessment

Mid-semester test (1 hour) (20%)
Clinical portfolio (30%) (Hurdle)
Written exam (2 hours) (50%)
Objective Structured Clinical Examination (Pass / Fail)

Hurdle requirements: To pass this unit the student must complete the clinical portfolio at the pass grade AND pass the written examination. 80% attendance at tutorials is mandatory to pass this unit.

Workload requirements

6 hours per week involving lectures, tutorials, simulation, practical small group exercises.

Chief examiner(s)

Ms Jaime Wallis

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Emergency health

Prerequisites

BEH1011.

Co-requisites

Must be enrolled in Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic) or the Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice stream in Bachelor of Health Sciences.