PAR5440 · Critical care management of trauma

Overview

In this unit, which explores trauma care through the lens of contemporary systems and evidence-based triage, you will develop advanced knowledge and skills in the management of patients requiring critical care. You will examine how structured trauma triage processes and assessment tools support clinical decision-making under pressure and guide the delivery of care to the right patient, at the right time, in the right place. Emphasis is placed on integrating system-level understanding with high-level clinical reasoning. This enables you to make rapid, informed decisions in complex and dynamic environments, particularly when managing critically injured patients in prehospital, retrieval, or emergency settings. You will analyse specific injury patterns in depth and develop advanced clinical skills to manage them effectively. To achieve the outcomes of this unit, active engagement in relevant clinical practice, placements, or high-fidelity simulation is essential.

Areas of study: Paramedic practice

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Explore the role and impact of prehospital critical care clinicians in broader trauma systems.
2. Analyse contemporary evidence to determine best practice approaches for management of trauma at a critical care level.
3. Synthesise the need for critical care interventions when there is trauma-related pathophysiology and physiology derangement.
4. Implement appropriate pharmacotherapeutic and treatment regimens for the critical care management of trauma.
5. Apply advanced educational and mentoring strategies to strengthen interprofessional trauma care in the prehospital critical care context.

Workload

You will be expected to complete at least 6 hours of distance education directed learning and a minimum of 6 hours of private study and self-directed learning per week. If completed on-campus, You will be expected to complete the equivalent of 6 hours of lectures, seminars or online tutorials per week in addition to 6 hours of self-directed learning.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.