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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.
This unit consolidates students’ ability to demonstrate clinical techniques, skills and equipment use in professional paramedic practice. The unit focuses on the professional paramedic management of patients with critical care conditions at an Advanced Life Support level. It employs the principles of problem-based learning, evidence-based practice and team work to solidify students' effectiveness in prehospital patient management. It integrates functional movement principles relating to manual handling into paramedic practice with the aim of minimising risk of personal injury.
This unit has a compulsory workshop held at the Joondalup campus or Bunbury campus on set dates and this may occur outside of the regular timetable.
Students must have passed PSP3101 Advanced Paramedic Practice 1.
Students must be enrolled in K89.
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Students will solidify their leadership, communication and handover, clinical problem solving, decision making skills, advanced life support for adult patients and critical care interventions through use of simulation scenarios, facilitated by Paramedics. Students will have the opportunity to attend a range of simulated medical, trauma and cardiac arrest presentations and will demonstrate appropriate prehospital management strategies and interventions for patients, including obstetric and neonate patients. This unit will ensure students have the underpinning knowledge and skills required for the role of an independent professional paramedic.
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit information may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Case Study | Patient care record form | 10% |
| Performance ^ | Simulation - Emergency care resuscitation | 20% |
| Performance ^ | Simulation - Emergency medical and trauma care | 40% |
| Examination ^ | End of semester exam | 30% |
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Case Study | Patient care record form | 10% |
| Performance ^ | Simulation - Emergency care resuscitation | 20% |
| Performance ^ | Simulation - Emergency medical and trauma care | 40% |
| Examination ^ | End of semester exam | 30% |
^ Mandatory to Pass
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.
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.
Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.
Breaches of academic integrity can include:
Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.
ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.
All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.
In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.
Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.
PSP3103|5|1
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.
This unit consolidates students’ ability to demonstrate clinical techniques, skills and equipment use in professional paramedic practice. The unit focuses on the professional paramedic management of patients with critical care conditions at an Advanced Life Support level. It employs the principles of problem-based learning, evidence-based practice and team work to solidify student’s effectiveness in prehospital patient management. It integrates functional movement principles relating to manual handling into paramedic practice with the aim of minimising risk of personal injury.
This unit has a compulsory workshop held at the Joondalup campus and this may occur outside of the regular timetable.
Students must have passed PSP3101 Advanced Paramedic Practice 1.
Students must be enrolled in K89.
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS
| Joondalup | Mount Lawley | South West (Bunbury) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 2 | 1 x 2 hour workshop | Not Offered | Not Offered |
For more information see the Semester Timetable
Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies
Students will solidify their leadership, communication and handover, clinical problem solving, decision making skills, advanced life support for adult patients and critical care interventions through use of simulation scenarios, facilitated by Paramedics. Students will have the opportunity to attend a range of simulated medical, trauma and cardiac arrest presentations and will demonstrate appropriate prehospital management strategies and interventions for patients, including obstetric and neonate patients. This unit will ensure students have the underpinning knowledge and skills required for the role of an independent professional paramedic.
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit information may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Case Study | Patient care record form | 10% |
| Performance ^ | Simulation - Emergency care resuscitation | 20% |
| Performance ^ | Simulation - Emergency medical and trauma care | 40% |
| Examination ^ | End of semester exam | 30% |
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Case Study | Patient care record form | 10% |
| Performance ^ | Simulation - Emergency care resuscitation | 20% |
| Performance ^ | Simulation - Emergency medical and trauma care | 40% |
| Examination ^ | End of semester exam | 30% |
^ Mandatory to Pass
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.
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.
Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.
Breaches of academic integrity can include:
Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.
ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.
All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.
In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.
Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.
PSP3103|6|2