PAR5480 · Critical care management of medical emergencies

Overview

In this unit you will advances theoretical and clinical foundations for managing acute medical emergencies in the adult population within a critical care paramedicine context. You will explore the pathophysiology, assessment, and evidence-based interventions relevant to high-acuity presentations across a range of commonly encountered medical conditions. Through integration of contemporary research, clinical reasoning, and advanced decision-making frameworks, you will refine the knowledge and skills required to deliver safe, effective, and timely care in dynamic and often unpredictable prehospital environments. You will explore epidemiology, and evidence-based management of medical conditions enabling you to formulate treatment pathways and regimes. You will also analyse and evaluate the role that critical care paramedics play within the health system when caring for patients with medical emergencies. You will evaluate your past clinical experience, and begin to recognise the importance of experience in identifying the key differences in the advanced life support measures and interventions available to manage these conditions as a critical care paramedic.

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. Analyse and interpret the epidemiology and burden of acute and chronic medical conditions to inform strategic clinical responses.
2. Integrate and appraise contemporary, high-quality evidence to guide advanced decision-making in the management of complex medical emergencies.
3. Design and evaluate comprehensive treatment pathways for critically ill medical patients.
4. Justify pharmacotherapeutic regimens and advanced interventions for the critical care management of medical conditions.
5. Lead and deliver the professional management of high-acuity medical emergencies.
6. Justify the role of the critical care paramedic in the holistic and longitudinal management of medical conditions.

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.