BEH3032 - Paramedic management of critical care specialty situations

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

1. Apply the combined knowledge of all previous clinical units to the critical care and specialty situation patients.
2. At a graduate level, through scenario and simulation work, demonstrate an understanding of the presentation, assessment, and paramedic management of the selected critical care specialty conditions commonly encountered by paramedics.
3. Evaluate the drugs commonly used by paramedics and apply their use to the management of selected critical care specialty conditions.
4. Integrate the clinical approach at a graduate level, to demonstrate your high level of theoretical knowledge, and clinical skills, to assess and manage patients with selected critical care specialty conditions in 'real time' work simulation. This will involve using an extended range of skills including: clinical problem solving, clinical decision making, patient safety, communication and teamwork.
5. Outline the structure of medical retrieval systems in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region and demonstrate the required clinical skills to participate in medical retrieval and/or inter-hospital transfers.
6. Develop clinical preparedness for transition to employment as a graduate paramedic.