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PMSC12004 - Advanced Electrophysiology and Coronary Care

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit enables you to complete detailed clinical assessments and examination of cardiac patients, focusing on the use of detailed 12-lead, 15-lead and 18-lead electrocardiograms as a diagnostic tool in emergency care. You will study the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of a range of cardiac and cardiorespiratory conditions, including acute coronary syndromes, cardiac failure, and cardiac arrest. Practical coronary care skills such as defibrillation will be taught in this unit. Problem based case management and clinical interventions are practiced in the high-fidelity simulation environment during the residential school, allowing students to contextualise their knowledge of coronary care in preparation for decision supported throbolysis in 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-requisite - PMSC11002 and BMSC11002

Co-requisite - PMSC12001

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 3 - 2016

Term 1 - 2017 Profile
Cairns
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton
Townsville
Term 1 - 2018 Profile
Cairns
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton
Townsville
Term 3 - 2018 Profile
Mixed Mode
Term 1 - 2019 Profile
Cairns
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton
Townsville
Term 3 - 2019 Profile
Mixed Mode
Term 1 - 2020 Profile
Cairns
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton
Townsville
Term 1 - 2021 Profile
Cairns
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton
Townsville
Term 1 - 2022 Profile
Cairns
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton
Townsville
Term 1 - 2023 Profile
Cairns
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton
Townsville
Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Mixed Mode

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

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Online Quiz(zes) 0%
2. Written Assessment 0%
3. Practical Assessment 0%

This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.

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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

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Undertake thorough clinical history and assessment of cardiac patients, including ECG acquisition, coronary care skills and physical examination.
  2. Accurately interpret ECGs to diagnose coronary conditions including dysrhythmias and acute coronary syndromes.
  3. Describe and differentiate several common coronary and cardiorespiratory pathologies.
  4. Synthesize clinical assessment data to diagnose cases and apply industry guidelines to develop clinical management plans.

Justification for new unit is strongly influenced by industry feedback on first CQUni graduate paramedics. By increasing the paramedic-specific focus of this course the graduates will be better prepared for independent on-road practice without additional educational support from the ambulance services. This will strengthen the Paramedic Course's position when
seeking full accreditation through proactively seeking of industry feedback, and by demonstrating a positive and prompt responsiveness to that feedback.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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3 - Practical Assessment • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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4 - Information Literacy • •
5 - Team Work • •
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7 - Cross Cultural Competence • •
8 - Ethical practice • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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3 - Practical Assessment • • • • • • •
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2 - Written Assessment • • •