Overview
This unit will allow you to synthesise your knowledge of common traumatic and environmental emergencies, incorporating contemporary evidence-based knowledge into new critical care trauma treatment paradigms. In addition, you will be able to apply critical care paramedic skills and interventions to the management of traumatic and environmental emergencies and to exercise leadership and engage in teamwork within trauma management systems.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Co-requisitesPMSC20002 Advanced Clinical Skills ApplicationPMSC20005 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 - 2023
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 SUTE
Overall the unit was fantastic, I really enjoyed being pulled out of my comfort zone. Most learning takes place outside of the comfort zone. The instructors' knowledge was fantastic, and the application in a practical manner was great. The instructors were also compassionate, caring and honest throughout the whole course.
Promoting high-fidelity simulations is always an ongoing process, and the unit will continue to foster a positive training environment.
Feedback from SUTE
Really enjoyed the topic, but would be good if there was potentially a greater focus on paediatric and pregnancy trauma.
Paediatric and obstetric trauma is incorporated into the unit. This content will be reviewed and encompassed into the residential school component.
- Synthesise knowledge of common traumatic and environmental emergencies
- Assess contemporary evidence for incorporation into new trauma treatment paradigms
- 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
- Exercise leadership and engage in teamwork within trauma management systems.
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Case Study - 50% | |||||
| 2 - Presentation - 50% | |||||
| 3 - Practical Assessment - 0% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 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 - Case Study - 50% | ||||||||
| 2 - Presentation - 50% | ||||||||
| 3 - Practical Assessment - 0% | ||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
Additional Textbook Information
You may benefit from the Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine 5th Edition and the Textbook of Paediatric Emergency Medicine 3rd Edition. However, neither is an absolute requirement, and both are available through CQUni Library resources in digital format.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing styles below:
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
a.delport@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
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Key concepts in trauma
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Advanced trauma assessment and triage
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Head trauma
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Spinal and nervous system trauma
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Thoracic trauma
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Abdominal and pelvic trauma
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Extremity trauma and crush injury
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Multi-system trauma
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Burns
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Residential school
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Practical Assessment Due: Week 11 Friday (29 Sept 2023) 11:45 pm AEST
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Environmental emergencies
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1 Case Study
In this case study assessment, you will be presented with a hypothetical case and asked to write an essay exploring the information provided in the assessment information on the unit Moodle page. You will link this information to the patient presentation, pathophysiology, and possible treatment from a critical care perspective, with clinical reasoning.
Your assessment must be presented in the form of an essay.
Your report must include the following:
- Articulate your initial impression and provisional diagnosis based on the information provided.
- Discuss the pathophysiology and identify your treatment priorities.
- Discuss your planned treatment and how you anticipate your management will impact the patient’s overall clinical picture.
Week 10 Monday (18 Sept 2023) 12:00 pm AEST
Review/Exam Week Monday (9 Oct 2023)
There is a word count of 2500 words with a 10% deviation (+/-), excluding references for your assessment. Your assessment will be presented as an essay. Your essay will be clear and concise. The essay will be assessed per the information and rubric provided on the unit's Moodle page.
The assessment is worth 50% of your overall unit mark.
- Synthesise knowledge of common traumatic and environmental emergencies
- Assess contemporary evidence for incorporation into new trauma treatment paradigms
- Apply evidence-based knowledge in the management of trauma and environmental emergencies
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
2 Presentation
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.
Your Grand Rounds presentation requires you to present a unique trauma or environmental case you have attended, exploring the experience from start to finish. Your PowerPoint and presentation itself will need to address the following key points:
1. Your PowerPoint presentation will detail:
- The initial case details and dispatch information
- Chief complaint and history of presenting illness or injury
- Allergies, medications, past medical history, including social history
- Assessment (initial/general/focused), any diagnostic values obtained, and findings
- Impression, differential diagnoses and main diagnosis
- Overview of main diagnosis (i.e. pathophysiology, manifestations and how your patient fits the diagnosis)
- Epidemiology of the main diagnosis
- Management & treatment
- Your planned and actual treatment
- Note whether a critical care paramedic was involved in the case
- Reflect on whether you would now choose to do things differently as a process of continuous improvement (this is a crucial area that must be addressed)
- Further care needed in the hospital system (if known)
- Prognosis & outcome (if known)
- Your final thoughts on the case
- 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. Both students and assessors will ask you questions following your presentation.
You will be allocated 30 minutes to complete your presentation and the Q&A session.
Week 11 Friday (29 Sept 2023) 11:45 pm AEST
This assessment will occur during the compulsory residential school.
Exam Week Monday (16 Oct 2023)
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.
- PowerPoint – structure, theme & layout, wording style & referencing, imagery & visual aspects
- Presentation – case details, chief complaint, previous history, assessment of presenting condition, integration of diagnostics and main diagnosis; management and treatment; reflection; relevance and timing
- Q&A – the ability to appropriately answer questions in a timely manner
You must achieve a minimum mark of 50% to pass this assessment.
- Synthesise knowledge of common traumatic and environmental emergencies
- Assess contemporary evidence for incorporation into new trauma treatment paradigms
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
3 Practical Assessment
During the compulsory residential school, you will individually complete a practical simulation assessment involving an authentic case of a traumatic or an 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 11 Friday (29 Sept 2023) 11:45 pm AEST
This assessment will occur during the compulsory residential school.
Exam Week Monday (16 Oct 2023)
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 is a PASS/FAIL assessment task.
If a critical error occurs during your assessment the assessment will immediately cease, no marks will be awarded and it will result in a failed attempt.
Critical errors in this assessment will be classed as:
- An action that causes immediate harm to yourself, partner, patient or bystanders
- Unsafe use of the defibrillator/not recognising cardiac arrest (>1 minute delay in recognition)
- No or incomplete drug check
- Incorrect sharps disposal
- Performing a skill and/or procedure outside the scope of practice of a critical care paramedic (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
- Exercise leadership and engage in teamwork within trauma management systems.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
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?
