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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

    Paramedic Clinical Placements

  • Unit Code

    PSP3107

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

Students will develop skills related to patient management and advanced life support by participating in the care of patients in a variety of clinical situations. Work integrated clinical practice will be available within controlled clinical environments and under the supervision of placement staff.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from PSP2103

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PSP3102, SCH2224

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Conceptualise the role of the decision making framework and differential diagnosis used by medical and nursing staff.
  2. Demonstrate basic and advanced airway competencies.
  3. Demonstrate peripheral vein cannulation.
  4. Demonstrate the ability to reflect on their learning experience and plan for future learning.
  5. Demonstrate the ability to work as part of a pre-hospital and/or interdisciplinary team in provision of care to patients from a variety of cultures.
  6. Manage an intravenous infusion.
  7. Manage patients from any culture with advanced airway in situ during incident management.

Unit Content

  1. Airway management.
  2. Autonomy of practice.
  3. Care including peripheral vein cannulation and intravenous infusion of an unconscious multicultural patient.
  4. Differential diagnosis, reflection of learning and care of patients with injuries and illnesses.
  5. Scene and incident management within interdisciplinary teams.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Clinical placements and scenario simulation. This unit requires mandatory attendance at a range of external clinical placements to facilitate learning.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail 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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
Report ^Clinical placement skills log book
ONLINE
TypeDescription
Report ^Clinical placement reports

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • Blaber, A. and Harris, G. (2014). Clinical leadership for paramedics. Open University Press. Berkshire.

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

    Paramedic Clinical Placements

  • Unit Code

    PSP3107

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

Students will develop skills related to patient management and advanced life support by participating in the care of patients in a variety of clinical situations. Work integrated clinical practice will be available within controlled clinical environments and under the supervision of placement staff.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from PSP2103

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PSP3102, SCH2224

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Conceptualise the role of the decision making framework and differential diagnosis used by medical and nursing staff.
  2. Demonstrate basic and advanced airway competencies.
  3. Demonstrate peripheral vein cannulation.
  4. Demonstrate the ability to reflect on their learning experience and plan for future learning.
  5. Demonstrate the ability to work as part of a pre-hospital and/or interdisciplinary team in provision of care to patients from a variety of cultures.
  6. Manage an intravenous infusion.
  7. Manage patients from any culture with advanced airway in situ during incident management.

Unit Content

  1. Airway management.
  2. Autonomy of practice.
  3. Care including peripheral vein cannulation and intravenous infusion of an unconscious multicultural patient.
  4. Differential diagnosis, reflection of learning and care of patients with injuries and illnesses.
  5. Scene and incident management within interdisciplinary teams.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Clinical placements and scenario simulation. This unit requires mandatory attendance at a range of external clinical placements to facilitate learning.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail 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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
Report ^Clinical placement skills log book
ONLINE
TypeDescription
Report ^Clinical placement reports

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • Blaber, A. and Harris, G. (2014). Clinical leadership for paramedics. Open University Press. Berkshire.

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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