Program Overview

Program Details

The program details are as follows:

Unit Description

• The unit is PARA226 - Paramedicine Theory: Medical 2.
• It is a 10-credit point unit.
• The unit is offered in multiple modes, including multi-mode.

Campus Offerings

• The unit is offered at the following campuses:
  • Ballarat
  • Brisbane
  • Canberra
  • Melbourne

Prerequisites

• The prerequisites for the unit are:
  • PARA201 Paramedic Theory: Medical 1
  • PARA216 Paramedicine Theory: Medical 1

Incompatible Units

• The unit is incompatible with PARA210 Paramedic Theory: Medical 2.

Unit Rationale, Description, and Aim

• The unit focuses on the theoretical aspects of recognition, assessment, and management of persons presenting with various medical conditions.
• The aim of the unit is to assist students in using theory to drive their clinical practice and to understand how clinical decision-making is guided by a continual process of assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.

Learning Outcomes

• The learning outcomes for the unit are:
  1. Outline the epidemiology, pathophysiology, implications, acuity, assessment, and management of medical presentations.
  2. Critique medical presentations and the associated management strategies used to provide patient-centered care for medical aetiologies encountered within the scope of paramedicine.
  3. Apply a paramedic decision-making framework underpinned by evidence-based management principles in order to provide a people-centered care approach for people affected by medical aetiologies.

Professional Capabilities for a Registered Paramedic

• The learning outcomes of the unit are matched to the relevant capabilities in the Professional Capabilities for a Registered Paramedic document.

National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards

• The unit aligns with the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, including Clinical Governance, Partnering with Consumers, Medication Safety, Comprehensive Care, Communicating for Safety, and Recognising and Responding to Acute Deterioration.

Content

• The unit covers topics such as:
  • Advanced cardiology
  • Neurological
  • Renal
  • Hepatic
  • Endocrine
  • Electrolyte disturbances
  • Applied toxicology

Learning and Teaching Strategy and Rationale

• The unit uses a multi-modal approach, including online and face-to-face learning.
• The online learning component provides students with the fundamental theoretical concepts necessary for paramedicine.
• The face-to-face workshops allow students to apply the concepts and engage in discussion and group work.

Assessment Strategy and Rationale

• The unit uses a range of assessment items, including a digital group task, a written assessment, and an examination.
• The assessments are designed to ensure students achieve the unit learning outcomes and attain the graduate attributes and meet professional capabilities required in paramedicine.

Overview of Assessments

• The assessments for the unit are:
  1. Digital Group Task (20%)
  2. Written Assessment (40%)
  3. Examination (40%)

Representative Texts and References

• The unit uses a range of texts and references, including:
  • Bryant, B., & Knights, K. (2015). Pharmacology for health professionals (5th ed.). Elsevier Australia.
  • Bullock, S., & Hales, M., (2018). Principles of Pathophysiology (2nd ed.). Pearson Australia.
  • Curtis, K., & Ramsden, C. (2019). Emergency and trauma care for nurses and paramedics (3rd ed.). Elsevier Australia.
  • Hall, J.E., (2015). Guyton And Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology (13th ed.). Elsevier.
  • Phalen, T. (2019). The 12-lead ECG in acute coronary syndromes (4th ed.). Elsevier.
  • Talley, N.J. & O'Connor, S. (2018). Talley & O'Connor's Clinical Examination (8th ed.). Volumes 1 and 2. Elsevier.
  • Tortora, G., & Derrickson, B. (2016). Principles of anatomy and physiology (15th ed.). Wiley and Sons.
  • Townsend, R., & Luck, M. (2019). Applied paramedic law and ethics (2nd ed.). Elsevier.