For this task you are to choose 3 topics from the following list and provide a report based on current peer-reviewed literature (within the last 10 years).

- Is it safe and reasonable to include finger thoracostomy in the management of traumatic cardiac arrest for paramedics?
- Traumatic arrest – What interventions make a difference?
- What are the best and most practical options for fluid administration in trauma patients?
- What is the prehospital best practice management of traumatic brain injury?
- Discuss the evidence surrounding treatment (stay and play) versus transport (load and go).
- What should be the target end-point for fluids given as part of a minimum volume resuscitation / permissive hypotension strategy?
- What are the best options for analgesia in trauma?
- Is tranexamic acid a useful drug for paramedics in a first world health system?
  

Each topic should be separated into its own section and should be covered in approximately 600 words, including a short introduction and conclusion. The entire assignment must be no more than 1800 - 2000 words. While you may reference ambulance guidelines, your answer must not solely be based on ambulance clinical practice guidelines.

Your assignment should include a cover page and reference list.

You must write in a professional, academic style, and must use correct APA formatting for in-text citations, the reference list, and report layout

Report formatting:

- Cover page: State the title of your paper, your name and student number, your course of study, this unit code and title, and the word count excluding title page, in-text citations, reference list and any appendices. Start these 1/3 down from the top, and make them horizontally centred. Use the same font and size as for the rest of the document and do not apply any frames.
- Margins: One-inch margins (2.54cm) on all sides (usually MS Word default margins).
- Page numbers: Top right in the header, starting from the cover page.
- Alignment: Left margin alignment throughout.
- Body indentation: The first line of each paragraph of the report body is indented 3-5 characters.
- Font: Times New Roman or Arial font, size 12. Either is fine, but use just one font for the entire document.
- Spacing: Double spacing throughout the entire document.
- Headings: Section headings are centred and bolded in title case.
- Content: All required subsections are present and completed as directed.
- Referencing: All sources must be cited and referenced appropriately throughout this task in correct APA 7th - - Edition style; ensure that you use the Library guide for APA 7E style.
- Word count: 1800 - 2,000 words excluding the cover page, in-text citations, the reference list and appendices. - Calculate your word count minus exclusions prior to submission and include this on the cover page.
- File format: Submit your document in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx).
 

Grading:

- Pass mark: You must achieve a pass mark of 50% in order to pass this assessment, and you must pass all assessment tasks to pass the unit.
- Grading rubric: Please refer to the Moodle site for additional task information such as assignment marking rubric.
- Turnitin: All submissions are subject to Turnitin scans, and all Turnitin reports are scrutinised. All instances of plagiarism are reported to the Academic Misconduct Board for review. 
- Generative AI writing tools: Generative AI writing tools are not to be used while completing this assessment. 
- Late submissions: Late submissions will be accepted, but penalties will accrue at 5% for every part or full calendar day past the due date for submissions without an approved extension.

For this assessment task you will complete a one hour and twenty minute (80 minutes) online test on the Moodle website. The online test will assess your knowledge of the pathophysiology of trauma presentations, and your capacity to effectively manage trauma cases.

This quiz will comprise a mix of multiple-choice, true/false, and short answer questions related to the material in this unit. Further information on the quiz questions will be provided in Moodle and during the term. 

Please ensure that you read each question carefully and that you provide as much information as you can in your response.
You will only be given one attempt for this quiz.

- Once started, do not press BACK on your browser or REFRESH the page at any time; your work will be lost as responses are not saved until the quiz is submitted or the allotted time expires.
- You will have a time limit of one hour and twenty minutes (80 minutes) to complete the quiz.
- When your time limit expires, any open attempts are automatically submitted.
- When the due date expires, any open attempts are automatically submitted; you must therefore start the quiz at least two hours before that deadline, or you will not receive your full time period.
- This quiz is worth 50% of your overall mark.
- You must achieve a minimum pass mark of 50% to pass this assessment, and you must pass all assessment tasks to pass the unit.
- The quiz becomes available at 0000hrs on Monday, Week Eleven.
- The quiz closes at 2359hrs on Sunday, Week Eleven.
- For this assessment task no late submissions will be accepted and the quiz will close and become unavailable after the due date and time.
- In the absence of an approved extension, there will be no opportunity to complete the task after this date.
- If you experience a technical issue you must notify the Unit Coordinators immediately. 
- This is an INDIVIDUAL TASK and must not be collaboratively completed. Quiz submissions are scrutinised to identify instances of collusion between students, and all such instances are reported to the Academic Misconduct Board for review. 
 - AI writing tools are not to be used while completing this assessment. 

This assessment task is undertaken during the compulsory four day Residential School held at the end of term. During Residential School you will practice correct clinical methods and systematic approach to effectively manage trauma emergencies, and then undertake the Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE). Your assessment tasks will consist of two Clinical Management Exercises (CMEs), formatted as two Long Case Management Exercises lasting 20 minutes each.

The practical assessment is a pass/fail assessment. You must achieve 50% to pass each CME. One resit will be offered if you pass one CME but fail the other. If you fail two CME's you will fail the unit.

Critical Errors:

Assessments with critical errors will be moderated by the Unit Coordinator and therefore feedback will not be made available immediately at the completion of your assessment day/s or residential school.

Critical errors in this unit will be classed as anything, by act or omission that: causes immediate harm or has the potential to cause harm to yourself, partner, patient or bystanders and/or any procedure/skill or pharmacology administered, that is performed outside your scope of practice.

During any form of assessment, if any of the following critical errors are witnessed the assessment will continue and be moderated. Upon review and confirmation of a critical error, no marks will be awarded for that assessment item. Furthermore, any critical error discovered on review or moderation will result in no marks being awarded for that assessment item.

Critical errors are as follows:

Unsafe defibrillation
Incorrect joules delivered during defibrillation
Defibrillation of a non-shockable rhythm
Failure to recognise a cardiac arrest within one (1) minute
Failure to defibrillate a shockable rhythm within two (2) minutes
Failure to perform a complete drug check, including determining indications and all contraindications
Incorrect sharps disposal or unsafe practice with a sharp
Performing a skill or procedure outside your scope of practice taught to you in all previous and current units
Administering pharmacology outside your scope of practice, or administering an incorrect drug or drug dose
Failure to check indications and contra-indications before performing a skill or procedure
Any grossly unsafe practice, as determined by the assessing academic.
 

If you do not understand any of the above, please clarify with your Unit Coordinator.

Failure to attempt/undertake an assessment task will result in a fail for this assessment.