Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Medical Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Major Incident Management
  • Unit Code

    DER6103
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit applies the principles of disaster management, emergency response and the management of multiple casualties during a critical incident. These principles are applied in a case-based approach to contemporary national and international events to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge and skills to perform effectively in an interprofessional team environment as a team member or leader.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the responses to, and interactions of, the emergency services and health care sectors in major incidents.
  2. Critique the strategies for managing health service response to major events or disasters.
  3. Identify and describe variations in care and the modification of clinical practice utilised in mass casualty situations.
  4. Implement the Incident Command System and analyse the structured approach to major incidents.
  5. Perform effectively in key health roles in a disaster exercise.

Unit Content

  1. Clinical competencies in mass casualty situations.
  2. Clinical leadership in the state health emergency response team.
  3. Clinical participating in DMAT response teams.
  4. Managing an incident.
  5. Teamwork in the emergency response team.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Online materials with reflective guided activities and online support from tutors.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentLiterature review50%
ProjectMajor Incident Review50%

Text References

  • ^ Lindell, M., Prater, C., & Perry, R. (2007). Introduction to emergency management. USA: Wiley.
  • ^ Hogan, D. & Burstein, J. (2007). Disaster medicine (2nd ed). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • CCH Australia Limited. (2005). Hands on guide: OHS legal guide. North Ryde, NSW: CCH Australia Limited.
  • LaValla, R., & Erwin, C. (2005). Blueprint for community emergency management: A text for managing. Washington, DC: ERI International.
  • Hadlow, G., Bullock, J., & Bullock, A. (2003). Introduction to emergency management. Oxford, UK: Butterworth-Heinemann.

Journal References

  • Issues in Law & Medicine
  • Medical Journal of Australia
  • Australian Journal of Emergency Management
  • Annals of Emergency Medicine

Website References

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Medical Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Major Incident Management
  • Unit Code

    DER6103
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit applies the principles of disaster management, emergency response and the management of multiple casualties during a critical incident. These principles are applied in a case-based approach to contemporary national and international events to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge and skills to perform effectively in an interprofessional team environment as a team member or leader.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the responses to, and interactions of, the emergency services and health care sectors in major incidents.
  2. Critique the strategies for managing health service response to major events or disasters.
  3. Identify and describe variations in care and the modification of clinical practice utilised in mass casualty situations.
  4. Implement the Incident Command System and analyse the structured approach to major incidents.
  5. Perform effectively in key health roles in a disaster exercise.

Unit Content

  1. Clinical competencies in mass casualty situations.
  2. Clinical leadership in the state health emergency response team.
  3. Clinical participating in DMAT response teams.
  4. Managing an incident.
  5. Teamwork in the emergency response team.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Online materials with reflective guided activities and online support from tutors.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentLiterature review50%
ProjectMajor Incident Review50%

Text References

  • ^ Lindell, M., Prater, C., & Perry, R. (2007). Introduction to emergency management. USA: Wiley.
  • ^ Hogan, D. & Burstein, J. (2007). Disaster medicine (2nd ed). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • CCH Australia Limited. (2005). Hands on guide: OHS legal guide. North Ryde, NSW: CCH Australia Limited.
  • LaValla, R., & Erwin, C. (2005). Blueprint for community emergency management: A text for managing. Washington, DC: ERI International.
  • Hadlow, G., Bullock, J., & Bullock, A. (2003). Introduction to emergency management. Oxford, UK: Butterworth-Heinemann.

Journal References

  • Issues in Law & Medicine
  • Medical Journal of Australia
  • Australian Journal of Emergency Management
  • Annals of Emergency Medicine

Website References

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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