PMSC20016 - Direct Threat Care

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will introduce and familiarise you with the risks associated with conducting patient care in the direct threat environment. Wounding patterns such as blunt and penetrating trauma, blast injuries and ballistics will be discussed in depth. You will be introduced to the concepts of situational awareness and critical thinking as it applies to treatment priorities. Specialist equipment not available in mainstream pre-hospital medicine will be introduced to assist you with environment-specific treatment methodologies for major preventable causes of death. You will synthesise direct-threat related risks with treatment priorities to manage the tension between risk mitigation and favourable patient outcomes.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

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 - 2025

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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 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.

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%).

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Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 30% 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: CQUSuccess
Feedback
Students reported that the course was good and appreciated the prompt feedback from the unit coordinator.
Recommendation
Student emails will continue to be prioritised for quick turnaround times. These practices will continue in future offerings of the unit.
Action Taken
Efficient and prompt communication strategies to ensure student engagement continued in term 1 2024.
Source: CQUSuccess
Feedback
Two different dates for assessment item 1 were reported through CQUSuccess.
Recommendation
The Unit coordinator will ensure that the learner guide and Moodle assessment dates are always congruent.
Action Taken
Learner guides and Moodle assessment criteria were congruent in term 1, 2024.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Feedback on the applicability of assessments was noted in the SUTE satisfaction rating.
Recommendation
Assessment tasks will be reviewed and amended based on peer consultation if required.
Action Taken
Assessment tasks are frequently assessed and updated to ensure that tasks meet learning and teaching guidelines and best practices.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students noted that some lectures were recorded in previous iterations of the unit.
Recommendation
The unit contains around 50 lectures. Recorded lectures are updated with every iteration of the unit as practice changes. Recommend recorded lectures be updated and replaced on a priority basis to ensure that students have access to contemporary information as it becomes available.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students commented that the subject was well-considered and had a reasonable workload.
Recommendation
Recommend unit content feature lectures, reading materials, assessment preparation and, in some cases, audio presentations to ensure a balanced student experience.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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