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PAR1012 · Foundations of paramedic practice 2
2026 Handbook6 credit pointsLevel 1Department of Paramedicine
Last checked: 23 Aug 2026 UTCOverview
In this unit, you will expand upon previous knowledge of assessment and will begin to examine the treatment and management of patients requiring paramedic care. You will learn essential clinical and assessment skills by initiating treatment of patients with hypoxia, pain, envenomation and fractures. You will learn to safely deliver medications and apply basic management procedures. These skills will be developed in the clinical laboratory and simulation settings. You will learn key concepts to enable safe manual handling of patients and equipment during management. You will explore and develop clinical decision making capacity in the context of justifying clinical treatment to simulated patients.
Offerings
| Campus | Teaching period | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Peninsula | Second semester | Teaching activities are on-campus (ON-CAMPUS) |
Assessment
The Handbook lists an examination for this unit.
| # | Assessment | Type | Weight | Hurdle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mid-semester MCQ exam (1 hour including reading time) | Quiz / Test | 10% | — |
| 2 | Case study analysis (2,000 words and 10 min video) | Project | 50% | Competency |
| 3 | Practical exam scenario (pass/fail) | Demonstration | 0% | Competency |
| 4 | Final exam (2 hours and 10 mins including reading time) | Examination | 40% | Competency |
Assessment in this unit includes hurdle assessment tasks. Failure of any hurdle assessment task may result in failure of the unit.
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Requisites
The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.
Learning outcomes
- Apply a full standard clinical approach to the assessment of patients requiring paramedic care;
- Describe and apply effective management of patients presenting with pain, fractures, hypoxia or envenomation;
- Demonstrate safe preparation and delivery of medications to patients in a simulated environment;
- Describe the characteristics of effective clinical decision making with respect to managing patients;
- Compare and contrast safe and effective approaches to manual handling when managing patients;
- Describe and apply pathophysiology knowledge to the process of high performance cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Workload
A combination of lectures, tutorials, practicals and online activities (6 hours per week), and self-directed study (6 hours per week). Total 12hrs per week.
| Activity | Duration |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 24 hours |
| Practical activities | 36 hours |
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