Overview
In this unit you will develop the capacity to engage with, assess, and manage the population subgroups of pregnant women, paediatrics, and people with disabilities. Upon completion of this unit you will be able to draw upon your knowledge of pathophysiology, epidemiology, and aetiology to create effective treatment pathways for the management of these populations.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite - PMSC11004 Paramedic Emergencies 1 and PMSC12004 Advanced Electrophysiology and Coronary Care
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2021
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Residential Schools
This unit has a Compulsory Residential School for distance mode students and the details are:
Click here to see your Residential School Timetable.
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student feedback
The written assessment expectations were too broad for some students and expectations were not clear
More specific detail should be included in the assessment information to help those students who require clear direction to understand the expectations for the assessment.
Feedback from Student Feedback
Some of the questions in the quizzes were too easy
Adjust quiz questions to provide a challenge for the students and encourage critical thinking.
Feedback from Student Feedback
Some students did not feel the lectures were particularly helpful due to different learning styles
Include some further learning materials to assist students with different learning styles.
Feedback from Self and peer feedback
The weighting of the long case Objective Structured Clinical Examination was too large, meaning that if a critical error was performed and a zero mark was received for the long case, it was not possible for the students to still pass with the results of their short case and VIVA VOCE.
Weighting and rubric of long case will be reviewed and adjusted appropriately to either lower the weighting of the long case, or make each of the practical assessment pieces pass/fail, with the opportunity for one resit in the case of one failure. Further discussion will occur between unit coordinator and peers and Head of Course prior to 2021 delivery of the unit.
- Summarise the major anatomical and physiological changes that occur during pregnancy and birth and their clinical relevance
- Discuss the anatomical and physiological differences in paediatric patients and their clinical relevance
- Explain the underlying physiology of common disabilities and their clinical relevance
- Demonstrate effective assessment and management of obstetric, paediatric, or patients with disabilities in a safe and competent manner.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 60% | ||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 0% | ||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 60% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 0% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics
Edition: 3rd (2019)
Authors: Curtis & Ramsden
Elsevier
Sydney Sydney , NSW , Australia
ISBN: 9780729542982
Binding: Paperback
PMSC12003 Special Populations in Paramedic Practice
Edition: 1st (2012)
Authors: Richard Beebe and Jeffrey C. Myers
Cengaga Learning Australia
New York New York , USA
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
It is not essential to have these textbooks, as important chapters will be included in the eReading List on the Moodle page.
If you prefer to study with a paper text, you can purchase one at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code).
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 7th Edition (APA 7th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
a.denham@cqu.edu.au
s.burston@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Normal Pregnancy
Normal Childbirth
Care of the Normal Newborn
Chapter
PMSC12003 Special Populations Text Book - Part 2 Extract 3 and Extract 5
Curtis and Ramsden 2019 Chapter 34 pp. 913 - 915
Events and Submissions/Topic
Web-based resources. Pre-recorded lectures
Module/Topic
Complications of Pregnancy
Resuscitation of the Pregnant Patient
Trauma in Pregnancy
Chapter
PMSC12003 Special Populations Text Book - Part 2 Extract 4
Curtis and Ramsden 2019 Chapter 34 pp. 907 - 927
Events and Submissions/Topic
Web-based resources. Pre-recorded lectures
Module/Topic
Complications of Childbirth
Neonatal resuscitation
Chapter
PMSC12003 Special Populations Text Book - Part 2 Extract 4
Curtis and Ramsden 2019 Chapter 34 pp. 915 - 918
Events and Submissions/Topic
Web-based resources. Pre-recorded lectures
Module/Topic
Special Considerations in Neonatology
Communication with parents during pregnancy, child birth and loss
Death and Dying in a Child
Chapter
PMSC12003 Special Populations Text Book - Part 2 Extract 7
Curtis and Ramsden 2019 Chapter 20 pp. 492
Events and Submissions/Topic
Web-based resources. Pre-recorded lectures
Module/Topic
Introduction to Paediatrics
Assessment of a Stable Child
The Critically Ill Child
Paediatric Resuscitation
Chapter
PMSC12003 Special Populations Text Book - Part 3 Extract 8 and Extract 9
Curtis and Ramsden 2019 Chapter 35 pp 934 - 957
Events and Submissions/Topic
Web-based resources. Pre-recorded lectures
Quiz 1 Due Friday 13 August 2021 2355hrs
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Paediatric Medical Emergencies
Vaccinations/Immunisations
Chapter
PMSC12003 Special Populations Text Book - Part 3 Extract 10
Curtis and Ramsden 2019 Chapter 35 pp 946 - 992
Events and Submissions/Topic
Web-based resources. Pre-recorded lectures
Module/Topic
Paediatric Trauma Emergencies
Submersion Emergencies
Child Abuse and Neglect
Chapter
PMSC12003 Special Populations Text Book - Part 3 Extract 11
Curtis and Ramsden 2019 Chapter 28 pp. 749 - 750
Curtis and Ramsden 2019 Chapter 35 pp. 993 - 1007 & Chapter 39 pp. 1098 - 1102
Events and Submissions/Topic
Web-based resources. Pre-recorded lectures
Module/Topic
Introduction to Disabilities
Chapter
Curtis and Ramsden 2019 Chapter 37
Events and Submissions/Topic
Web-based resources. Pre-recorded lectures
Quiz 2 Due Friday 10 September 2021 2355hrs
Module/Topic
Disabilities Continued
Chapter
Curtis and Ramsden 2019 Chapter 37
Events and Submissions/Topic
Web-based resources. Pre-recorded lectures
Module/Topic
Patients with Special Challenges
Death and Dying
Chapter
PMSC12003 Special Populations Text Book - Part 4 Extract 13
Curtis and Ramsden 2019 Chapter 20 pp. 490 - 492
Events and Submissions/Topic
Web-based resources. Pre-recorded lecture
Quiz 3 Due Friday 24 September 2021 2355hrs
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Written Assessment Due: Week 11 Friday (1 Oct 2021) 11:55 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Online Quiz(zes)
You will complete three (3) separate online quizzes. Each quiz may consist of multiple choice questions, True/False, Sequence questions, Long Answer questions and/or Short Answer questions, exploring content included in the unit (such as, but not limited to, lecture materials, online modules, links and required readings).
Content for the quizzes is based on previous weeks' topics (as detailed in the schedule) and will test your ability to explain the major anatomical and physiological changes that occur during pregnancy and their clinical relevance; and explain the anatomical and physiological differences in paediatric and patients with disabilities and their clinical relevance. You may also be required to explain specific medical conditions relating to these special populations.
QUIZ ONE: Available from 2 August 2021. DUE Friday 13 August 2021 2355hrs
QUIZ TWO: Available from 30 August 2021. DUE Friday 10 September 2021 2355hrs
QUIZ THREE: Available from 13 September 2021. DUE Friday 24th September 2021 2355hrs
3
Other
Quiz One: DUE 13/08/2021; Quiz Two: DUE 10/09/21; Quiz Three; DUE 24/09/21
Students will receive feedback via the Moodle Website within 2 weeks post due date.
There are three (3) quizzes and each quiz is worth 20% of the total mark for the unit. Marks are awarded if a question is answered correctly and the total marks are tallied after each quiz has been attempted. Non-attempts will score a zero mark.
Quizzes are open-book, so the use of Clinical Practice Guidelines, book chapters, journal articles etc are allowed. Please take note that this is an individual assessment. Collaboration is not allowed and may lead to disciplinary action.
Each quiz will have a specific time limit imposed to complete the quiz.
In the absence of an approved extension, there will be no opportunity to complete the task after the due date, and there will be no opportunity to apply a late penalty of five percent per day. Quizzes may not be re-attempted.
You are required to achieve an overall mark across all quizzes of at least 50% to pass this assessment item.
- Summarise the major anatomical and physiological changes that occur during pregnancy and birth and their clinical relevance
- Discuss the anatomical and physiological differences in paediatric patients and their clinical relevance
- Explain the underlying physiology of common disabilities and their clinical relevance
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Practical Assessment
This assessment is a Pass/Fail Assessment.
This is an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), which will be conducted at the Residential School. There will be three (3) OSCE stations, each designed to assess your knowledge and practical skills acquired during this unit.
There will be two (2) short case OSCE stations. You will be allocated 10 minutes per station, with a mix of station types and competencies tested.
Some examples of these stations are:
- Voice Viva
- Skill Station
- Mini Scenario
There will also be one (1) long case OSCE station. You will be allocated 20 minutes to complete the assessment. The long case OSCE will be delivered in the format of a structured scenario, looking at the following areas:
- Patient assessment and history taking.
- Evidence gathering and patient treatment.
- Implementation of interventions, procedures, pharmacology and skills.
- Overall patient and scene management.
The Practical Assessment will take place during the Residential School
2 weeks post Residential School
The Assessment Rubric will be provided on the unit Moodle page. The result from each OSCE will be added together to form a cumulative mark to determine the pass/fail result. Due to being awarded a cumulative mark, there will be no opportunity for any re-sits. You will be required to achieve an overall score of 50% to achieve a pass mark.
Critical errors in this unit will be classed as anything that causes immediate harm to self, partner, patient or bystanders and/or any procedure that is performed outside the students' scope of practice.
During any form of practical assessment, if any of the following critical errors are witnessed the assessment will immediately cease and no marks will be given for that item:
- Unsafe defibrillation.
- Incorrect joules delivered during defibrillation.
- Defibrillation of an non-shockable rhythm.
- Failure to recognise a cardiac arrest within 1 minute.
- Failure to defibrillate a shockable rhythm within 2 minutes.
- Failure to perform a complete drug check.
- Incorrect sharps disposal or unsafe practice with a sharp.
- Performing a skill and/or procedure outside the scope of practice taught in PMSC11002, PMSC12001, PMSC11004, PMSC12004 and PMSC12003.
- Any grossly unsafe practice, as determined by the assessing academic.
If you do not understand any of the above, please do not hesitate to clarify with your unit coordinator.
Failure to attempt/undertake an assessment task will result in a fail for this assessment.
No submission method provided.
- Demonstrate effective assessment and management of obstetric, paediatric, or patients with disabilities in a safe and competent manner.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Written Assessment
You have 2000 words to choose ONE of the following topics and answer the questions below related to your chosen topic:
Paediatrics: Croup
OR
Asthma
OR
Obstetrics: Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH)
OR
Disabilities: Autonomic Dysreflexia
Once you have selected your topic you must answer the questions below:
- Define and provide a brief overview of the condition (max 200 words)
- Discuss the pathophysiology of the condition (max 500 words)
- How does the pathophysiology relate to the signs and symptoms of the condition and how will these patients present? (max 500 words)
- Discuss the paramedic management of the condition using a systematic approach, including any relevant pharmacology, and link this management to the pathophysiology (max 700 words)
This assignment will improve your understanding of a condition covered in this unit. This will afford you a deeper appreciation of the pathophysiology, how the patient presents and how we can best treat this patient in our role as a registered paramedic. This will assist you in managing these patients, in the future, as an on-road clinician.
Week 11 Friday (1 Oct 2021) 11:55 pm AEST
Students should submit their assessment via the Moodle Website, following submission to Turnitin
Review/Exam Week Friday (15 Oct 2021)
Students will receive feedback via the Moodle Website within 2 weeks post due date.
Your essay should contain at least the following:
- Title Page
- Contents Page
- Introduction
- Body - logically presented and divided into relevant paragraphs addressing each question
- Conclusion
- References
Please note the following details:
- The length of your essay should be 2000 words (+/- 10%) excluding references.
- Text should be word-processed, with appropriate layout and use of headings/sub-headings.
- Referencing should be in APA format and a complete Reference List should be included at the end of the essay on a separate page.
- You should locate and use contemporary, relevant, primary peer-reviewed material published within the last 10 years.
- Please save/upload your file in either Word Format (.doc or .docx) or PDF format.
- Further guidance is provided using the marking rubric provided on the Moodle page.
This essay will be worth 40% towards the total percentage mark for this unit.
You are required to complete and achieve a mark of at least 50% for this assessment item to pass the unit.
Any late submissions, without a previously approved extension request, will attract a 5% grade deduction per part or whole day late submission.
- Summarise the major anatomical and physiological changes that occur during pregnancy and birth and their clinical relevance
- Discuss the anatomical and physiological differences in paediatric patients and their clinical relevance
- Explain the underlying physiology of common disabilities and their clinical relevance
- Demonstrate effective assessment and management of obstetric, paediatric, or patients with disabilities in a safe and competent manner.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
