Hobart
This unit has been discontinued.
This unit is only available to paramedics enrolled in the Bachelor of Paramedic Practice (conversion pathway) .
Introduction
This unit focuses on the individual within the greater context of the health system focusing on primary health care, community-based emergency health (CBEH), health of populations including issues in Australian indigenous health.
The unit integrates the health systems approach with the clinical assessment and ambulance management of traumatic injuries including head and spine trauma, chest injury, burns and introduction to multiple trauma situations. A study of the microbiological and pathophysiological basis of disease and pharmacological paramedic management will underpin the subsequent unit Clinical Practice 4.
Summary 2020
| Unit name | Paramedic Practice 4 |
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| Unit code | CAA202 |
| Credit points | 25 |
| Faculty/School | College of Health and Medicine Tasmanian School of Medicine |
| Discipline | Paramedicine |
| Coordinator | |
| Teaching staff | |
| Level | Intermediate |
| Available as student elective? | No |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Fees
Requisites
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | Weekly online lectures and discussion tasks. |
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| Assessment | Written Examination (3 hours) 50%, Quizzes (25%), Clinical Practice Reflection 2000 words (25%). Students must complete all unit components to achieve an overall unit pass. Students must pass the written examination to achieve an overall pass. |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | Information about any textbook requirements will be available from mid November. |
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| Recommended |
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