PMSC12004 - Advanced Electrophysiology and Coronary Care

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will enable you to complete a detailed clinical assessment of cardiac patients, focusing on the use of 12-lead electrocardiographs (ECGs) as a diagnostic tool in pre-hospital care. You will study electrophysiology, pharmacology and pathophysiology to form provisional diagnoses, and implement treatment in a range of cardiovascular conditions. Practical coronary care skills such as defibrillation and 12 lead ECG acquisition will be taught in this unit. Problem-based case management and clinical interventions are practiced via simulation during practical sessions. This will allow you to contextualise your knowledge of coronary care in preparation for professional paramedic practice.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisites:

  • PMSC12001 Procedures & Skills in Paramedic Care
  • PMSC11004 Paramedic Medical Emergencies 1
  • BMSC11011 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2 or BMSC11002 Human Body Systems 2

Please note: Any student who has not successfully completed a PMSC residential school within the preceding 12 months must complete a PMSC12001 Procedures & Skills refresher. This ensures currency with all contemporary skills and procedures in line with industry standards and professional capabilities.

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2024

Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Cairns
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton
Townsville

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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

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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

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 70.69% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 31.22% response rate.

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.

Source: SUTE Teacher Evaluations
Feedback
Order of content was confusing.
Recommendation
It is recommended that unit content remain similar however the introduction of pathophysiology be bought forward to cater more appropriately for internal students.
Action Taken
The Pathophysiology and Acute Coronary Syndrome content was bought forward in the semester as requested
Source: SUTE Teacher Evaluations
Feedback
Provide Practice ECG Quiz's
Recommendation
It is recommended that the student receive a practice ECG quiz prior to formal assessment. This will ensure students understand the format and cadence required to achieve maximum results.
Action Taken
A practice quiz was built into the subject prior to the first assessment quiz.
Source: Student feedback (verbal and via email)
Feedback
Short lectures with very specific topics helpful for learning within this complex unit.
Recommendation
It is recommended that until content continues to be developed and delivered in this fashion.
Action Taken
Multiple short lectures were added to the content
Source: SUTE Teacher Evaluations
Feedback
ECG's need to be of better quality within Online test 1.
Recommendation
12 Lead ECG's to be reviewed prior to next offering and/or insertion in online tests.
Action Taken
All ECGs were updated to better quality
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The online quiz ECG required scrolling to see and they needed more time to complete the quiz.
Recommendation
Re-format online quiz ECGs so the student doesn't need to scroll to see the whole ECG.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Multiple staff providing lectures was confusing and lacked consistency
Recommendation
Some lectures will need to be re done to provide lecturer consistency and limit confusion
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Provide more practices quizzes
Recommendation
Add multiple practice quizzes and case studies throughout the weekly content.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The content was too heavy in the beginning weeks
Recommendation
The residential schools will be moved to later in the term which will allow the content to be spread across the term better.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
I strongly recommend that the training ambulance is bought out each week for residential schools as it is a great learning resource.
Recommendation
Set the use of the ambulances across the three campuses as a standard scenario format moving forward.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes
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