Overview
This unit will provide you with the underpinning evidence-based knowledge of common traumatic and environmental emergencies. In addition, you will be able to demonstrate critical care paramedic skills and interventions in the management of traumatic and environmental emergencies, and to operate effectively within trauma management systems.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisites PMSC20001 Advanced Clinical Assessment and Decision Making PMSC20002 Advanced Critical Skills Application Co-requisite PMSC20005 Advanced Assessment, Diagnostic Interpretation and Management
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 - 2017
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 Postgraduate 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 (formal & informal)
Dislike of joint assessment tasks due to marks being shared
All unit assessment tasks are reviewed to offer greater alignment and improved student experience. Students will be assessed individually to reflect their individual performance in practical assessments.
Feedback from Student feedback (formal & informal) Staff experience of residential school
Ultrasound workshop
Continue to engage CQU sonography academic staff with development and delivery of the ultrasound workshop for PMSC20005. Clarify with students the schedule for the combined residential schools for PMSC20005 (2 days) and PMSC20006 (3 days). Allow adequate time for practice before assessment in PMSC20006 residential school. Continue with 1 1/2 day workshop for PMSC20005 ultrasound component and include practical assessment as requested by 2016 students
- Discuss the pathophysiology of common traumatic and environmental emergencies
- Apply evidence-based knowledge in the management of trauma and environmental emergencies
- Demonstrate advanced critical care paramedic skills and interventions in the management of traumatic and environmental emergencies
- Communicate effectively and demonstrate leadership within trauma management systems.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment - 50% | ||||
| 2 - On-campus Activity - 50% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | ||||
| 2 - Communication | ||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | ||||
| 4 - Research | ||||
| 5 - Self-management | ||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | ||||
| 7 - Leadership | ||||
| 8 - 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 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment - 50% | ||||||||
| 2 - On-campus Activity - 50% | ||||||||
Textbooks
Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine
Edition: 4th (2015)
Authors: Cameron, P. Jelinek, G. Kelly, A. Brown, A. Little, M. (eds)
Elsevier
Sydney Sydney , NSW , Australia
ISBN: 9780702053351
Binding: Paperback
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
k.shearer@cqu.edu.au
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Introduction & Advanced Trauma Decision Making
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Advanced Assessment
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Ventilators
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Head Trauma
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Spinal & Nervous System Trauma
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Thoracic Trauma
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Abdominal & Pelvic Trauma
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Extremity Trauma & Crush Injury
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On-campus Activity Due: Week 10 Friday (22 Sept 2017) 5:00 pm AEST
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Burns
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Environmental Emergencies
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1 Practical Assessment
During the compulsory residential school, you will individually complete a practical simulation assessment involving a 'real world' case of a traumatic and/or environmental emergency. The practical assessment will assess your ability to:
- Apply evidence based knowledge in the management of trauma & environmental emergencies
- Demonstrate advanced critical care paramedic skills & interventions in the management of traumatic & environmental emergencies
- Communicate effectively & demonstrate leadership
Week 10 Friday (22 Sept 2017) 5:00 pm AEST
This assessment will be undertaken during the residential school period (20th - 22nd September 2017).
Week 12 Friday (6 Oct 2017)
The results of the assessment will be returned within 2 weeks of the end of the residential school.
Your practical assessment will be marked according to the criteria outlined in the rubric provided on the unit Moodle page. You will be offered a maximum of two (2) attempts at this assessment. This assessment is worth 50% of the overall mark for this unit. You must pass this assessment to pass the unit.
If a critical error occurs during your assessment the assessment will immediately cease, no marks will be given and it will result in a failed attempt. Critical errors in this unit will be classed as:
· An action which causes immediate harm to yourself, partner, patient or bystanders
· Unsafe use of the defibrillator
· No or incomplete drug check
· Incorrect sharps disposal
· Performing a skill and/or procedure outside the scope of practice of a CCP
- Apply evidence-based knowledge in the management of trauma and environmental emergencies
- Demonstrate advanced critical care paramedic skills and interventions in the management of traumatic and environmental emergencies
- Communicate effectively and demonstrate leadership within trauma management systems.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
2 On-campus Activity
Preamble
During the compulsory residential school, you will be required to present a ‘Grand Rounds’ presentation regarding one trauma or environmental patient whom you have attended. This is an in-depth look at the patient from initial presentation through to delivery into tertiary care.
Task Description
Your Grand Rounds presentation is dedicated to a unique trauma or environmental patient from experience that covers a case from start to finish. Your PowerPoint and presentation itself will need to address the following key points:
1. Your PowerPoint presentation will detail:
- Chief complaint and history of present illness
- Past Medical History including allergies, medications and social history
- Assessment (review of systems), laboratory or diagnostic, and physical exam findings
- Impression, differential diagnosis and then main diagnosis
- Epidemiology of the mechanism of injury (injuries)
- Teaching Topic: Overview of major injuries (i.e. pathophysiology, manifestations and how your patient fit the diagnosis)
- Planned and actual management & treatment
- Further care needed in the hospital system
- Prognosis
- References
** a hard copy of your PowerPoint will need to be submitted at the time of presentation**
2. Your ability to do a Questions and Answers (Q&A) session. You will be asked questions by both students and assessors following your presentation.
You will be allocated 30 minutes to complete both your presentation & the Q&A session.
Week 10 Friday (22 Sept 2017) 5:00 pm AEST
This assessment will be undertaken during the residential school period (20th - 22nd September 2017).
Week 12 Friday (6 Oct 2017)
The results of the assessment will be returned within 2 weeks of the end of the residential school.
Your ‘Grand Rounds’ presentation, PowerPoint and Q&A performance will be marked according to the criteria outlined in the rubric provided on the unit Moodle page, covering areas such as:
· PowerPoint – structure & layout, wording style & referencing, imagery & visual aspects
· Presentation – core content & case details, analysis & development, assessment & diagnostic studies integration, pathophysiology integration, relevance & timing
· Q&A – ability to answer questions
You must achieve a minimum of 50% to pass this assessment. This assessment task is worth 50% of the overall mark for this unit.
- Discuss the pathophysiology of common traumatic and environmental emergencies
- Apply evidence-based knowledge in the management of trauma and environmental emergencies
- Communicate effectively and demonstrate leadership within trauma management systems.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
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?
