You will be required to complete two (2) online quizzes; the first will close at the end of Week 5; the second at the end of Week 9. The quizzes will open on the Friday of the preceding week to when the quiz is due, and each will have a specific time limit imposed.

The quizzes will be made up of multiple choice and short answer questions exploring content based upon the previous weeks (including lecture materials, online modules, links & required readings). Quizzes are cumulative and content will aggregate across the term.

You will be required to answer each question to receive the marks allocated to that question. Non-attempts will score a zero mark. Quizzes may not be reattempted. This is an individual assessment with no collaboration allowed.

Each quiz is worth 20% of your overall mark for this unit. The first quiz must be completed by 5.00pm AEST on the Friday of Week 5; the second quiz must be completed by 5.00pm AEST on the Friday of Week 9. In the absence of an approved extension, there will be no opportunity to complete the task after this date, and there will be no opportunity to apply a late penalty of five percent per day.

You will be required to complete two (2) online quizzes; the first will close at the end of Week 5; the second at the end of Week 9. The quizzes will open on the Friday of the preceding week to when the quiz is due, and each will have a specific time limit imposed.

The quizzes will be made up of multiple choice and short answer questions exploring content based upon the previous weeks of content (including lecture materials, online modules, links & required readings). Quizzes are cumulative and content will aggregate across the term.

You will be required to answer each question to receive the marks allocated to that question. Non-attempts will score a zero mark. Quizzes may not be reattempted. This is an individual assessment with no collaboration allowed.

Each quiz is worth 20% of your overall mark for this unit. The first quiz must be completed by 5.00pm AEST on the Friday of Week 5; the second quiz must be completed by 5.00pm AEST on the Friday of Week 9. In the absence of an approved extension, there will be no opportunity to complete the task after this date, and there will be no opportunity to apply a late penalty of five percent per day.

Assessment Scenario Outline

You have just commenced a 2-week posting on Thursday Island, the main populated island of the Torres Strait, situated between the tip of Cape York and Papua New Guinea. You and your partner are both on call after a 12-hour day shift and respond together at 2300 to a Code 1, road traffic crash (RTC) on the esplanade, only a kilometre away from Thursday Island hospital.

As your partner picks you up from your residence to attend the case, he reminds you he has been flying in the helicopter most of last night and all day long, insisting you ‘do everything, I’m too stuffed to do anything on this job’. There is no backup available as you are the only two paramedics currently on the island which has a population of approximately 2600 residents, mainly of Torres Strait Islander descent. You also notice he is not wearing his seat belt. When you remind him to put it on, he replies: ‘we’re on TI now, mainland road rules don’t apply up here, relax - It’s just down the road!’.

As you arrive on scene, there appears to be a single vehicle verses light pole, with significant damage to the front passenger side of the vehicle. Your partner parks a safe distance away and leaves the headlights on towards the poorly lit accident scene. There is a young adolescent male (driver of the vehicle) walking around the side of the car and leaning into the front passenger side, where you see a young female patient entrapped but conscious. The rear of the car has spun and displaced a guide rail on the side of the road and precariously close to the elevated rock retaining wall separating the road from the beach front.

You notice your partner is not wearing a high visibility vest or gloves, and his work boots have been replaced with thongs. You are then directed to a 14-year old Indigenous female entrapped in the passenger side and commence your assessment to discover a compound fracture to her left arm with embedded glass fragments in both arms, face and chest, but no profuse external bleeding at this stage. You notice the heavy odour of alcohol and see many empty bottles of beer scattered throughout the vehicle. As you are assessing the entrapped patient, the Aunty arrives on scene and quickly becomes very anxious and yelling obscenities at the male driver of the car. The Aunty then heads towards you and her niece, appearing distressed and upset that you are speaking to the patient on her own. The patient is alert but not making eye contact with you or attempting to answer any of your questions.

Assessment Requirements

This task has four components.

1.     What legislations and policies has the second officer (your partner in the scenario) breached and what are the possible consequences of these breaches?

2.     With reference to the case, identify any workplace health and safety issues you might face and what impact that may have on your patient treatment.

3.    The male person on-scene is complaining of abdominal pain, but refuses any treatment or transport going against your advice. As you’re speaking to him he has a strong odour of alcohol on his breath. He has obvious bruising to his abdomen consistent         with a seat belt injury. Using Queensland Ambulance Service protocols as a guide - discuss what steps you would need to take to ensure you have met your duty of care and that the patient is giving a valid refusal. Include in this task the information you         would need to document in your patient care records.

1.    What cultural considerations would you need to be aware of in this case when assessing the Indigenous patient and interacting with her family?

This assessment is worth 60% of your overall mark for this unit. The written assessment will be assessed using the rubric provided on the unit Moodle page, covering the following areas:

• Presentation & layout – presentation of material and word count
• Content – based upon the set questions & use of supportive material
• Grammar & Spelling
• Referencing – use of APA in text referencing and reference list

You must achieve a minimum mark of 50% to pass this assessment piece.