6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL
Postgraduate - Unit
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Faculty
Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit
Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice
Chief examiner(s)
Coordinator(s)
Unit guides
Synopsis
This unit introduces students to an advanced level of knowledge, understanding and skill related to the intensive care management of patients with chest pain.
Specific topics include: cardiac anatomy and physiology, ischaemic heart disease, cardiovascular pathology, the systematic interpretation of electrocardiographic rhythms and related waveforms, and specific pharmacotherapies used in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction.
Students must be actively engaged in appropriate clinical practice, clinical placements or clinical simulation to achieve the outcomes of this unit.
It is expected that students will gain an advanced authority to practice after demonstrating the requisite clinical knowledge, skills and training of this unit as per the local statutory guidelines after completing an internship at the end of their course.
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to;
- Explain the epidemiology of cardiac disease
- Systematically Interpret common ECGs and relate waveform morphology to the underlying structure and function of the heart;
- Formulate appropriate pharmacotherapeutic regimes using the relevant drugs available for the intensive care management of cardiac conditions;
- Implement knowledge, skills and evidence based practice to professionally manage a cardiac emergency as an intensive care paramedic;
- Assess the benefits of pre-hospital advanced cardiac life support and the related role of the intensive care paramedic;
- Evaluate how community emergency health practitioners might relate to and coordinate with coronary care units in the management of patients with emergency cardiac conditions.
Assessment
- 3 x iSAP Case Studies (1,000 words each) (15% each, 45% overall)
- ECG in-semester Quiz (15%)
- Final Exam (MCQ, SAQ) (2 hours) (40%) (hurdle)
Off-campus attendance requirements
Students will be expected to complete at least 6 hours of internet learning or and a minimum of 6 hours of private study and self-directed learning per week. If completed on-campus sessions, students will be expected to attend the equivalent of 6 hours of lectures, seminars and tutorials per week and complete a minimum of 6 hours of self-directed learning.