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

    Critical Care Practicum (Intensive Care Phase)
  • Unit Code

    PSP6101
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    Y
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit provides the student with advanced practical skills to assess and manage patients in the critical care setting. The emphasis is on the application of knowledge to enable progression towards operation as an independent practitioner.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Students may be required to attend clinical placements Monday-Sunday including public holidays and university breaks. The hours of these placements vary and may include early morning starts and night shifts.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PSP5101

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically analyse the nature of normal and abnormal physiological values associated with emergency medical conditions.
  2. Devise the management of in-hospital critical care of patients.
  3. Evaluate the responsibilities and interrelationships of staff involved in patient management in emergency and intensive care units within a hospital.
  4. Implement management strategies to cope with the range of medical situations commonly encountered in an intensive unit of a hospital.
  5. Perform competencies in key areas of emergency and critical care.
  6. Plan with advice from senior medical staff and colleagues the critical care of patients.

Unit Content

  1. Basic and Advanced Airway Management.
  2. Ventilation and perfusion.
  3. 12 lead ECG monitoring and interpretation.
  4. Intraosseous, intramuscular and intravenous access and medication administration.
  5. Practical application of invasive monitoring.
  6. Emergency medical procedures.

Additional Learning Experience Information

A minimum of 10 days (80 hours) of clinical placement in an intensive/critical care environment or equivalent, as agreed with the course coordinator. The mode of delivery for this unit is off-campus. In the event that clinical placement days are not available for students in their home location, they may be required to attend clinical placement in Perth and/or a workshop/s at ECU Joondalup Campus.

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.

ONLINE
TypeDescription
Practicum ^Critical care competency assessment
Portfolio ^Clincial Workbook

^ Mandatory to Pass

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

    Critical Care Practicum (Intensive Care Phase)
  • Unit Code

    PSP6101
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    Y
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit provides the student with advanced practical skills to assess and manage patients in the critical care setting. The emphasis is on the application of knowledge to enable progression towards operation as an independent practitioner.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Students may be required to attend clinical placements Monday-Sunday including public holidays and university breaks. The hours of these placements vary and may include early morning starts and night shifts.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PSP5101

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically analyse the nature of normal and abnormal physiological values associated with emergency medical conditions.
  2. Devise the management of in-hospital critical care of patients.
  3. Evaluate the responsibilities and interrelationships of staff involved in patient management in emergency and intensive care units within a hospital.
  4. Implement management strategies to cope with the range of medical situations commonly encountered in an intensive unit of a hospital.
  5. Perform competencies in key areas of emergency and critical care.
  6. Plan with advice from senior medical staff and colleagues the critical care of patients.

Unit Content

  1. Basic and Advanced Airway Management.
  2. Ventilation and perfusion.
  3. 12 lead ECG monitoring and interpretation.
  4. Intraosseous, intramuscular and intravenous access and medication administration.
  5. Practical application of invasive monitoring.
  6. Emergency medical procedures.

Additional Learning Experience Information

A minimum of 10 days (80 hours) of clinical placement in an intensive/critical care environment or equivalent, as agreed with the course coordinator. The mode of delivery for this unit is off-campus. In the event that clinical placement days are not available for students in their home location, they may be required to attend clinical placement in Perth and/or a workshop/s at ECU Joondalup Campus.

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
Practicum ^Clinical Competencies Handbook
Portfolio ^Practicum Theory Workbook
ONLINE
TypeDescription
Practicum ^Clinical Competencies Handbook
Portfolio ^Practicum Theory Workbook

^ Mandatory to Pass

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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