Preamble
For this written assessment, you are presented with two simulated patient presentations and expected to produce a written response to all associated questions. Your written assessment should explore the procedures and skills required to manage these simulated patient presentations, including any anticipated difficulties when applying these skills. The discussion should only include procedures and skills learned within this unit.

Case Study One
You are called to a 25-year-old female, post motor vehicle accident in a single-cab utility vehicle. The patient is currently seated in the driver’s position and entrapped. The patient cannot be reclined and will need to be managed in their current position.

• Danger – Nil.
• Response – Unresponsive.
• Circulation – Carotid pulse of 50 beats per minute.
• Airway – Blood with audible snore, missing frontal teeth unable to be located, fractured mandible.
• Breathing – Respiratory rate of 5 per minute, irregular, SpO2 80% on room air.
• Other – Patient appears to weigh approximately 50kg.

You are required to write a response addressing the following components:

1. Discuss any expected challenges for the management of this patient’s airway and ventilation.
2. In order of priority, discuss and justify the procedures and skills required to manage this simulated patient presentation.

Case Study Two
You are called to a 40-year-old male, post-fall from a ladder approximately 3 metres in height. The patient is supine on the ground and complaining of severe pain to his neck, pelvis and left femur region. The left femur has a compound midshaft fracture, with life-threatening haemorrhage.

• Danger – Nil.
• Response – Alert and orientated.
• Airway – Patent and self-managing.
• Breathing – Respiratory rate of 30 per minute, regular, SpO2 90% on room air.
• Circulation – Carotid pulse of 140 beats per minute, absent radial pulses, pale appearance.
• Exposure – Compound fracture to left midshaft femur with life-threatening haemorrhage.

You are required to write a response addressing the following components:

1. Discuss the available routes for analgesia administration and the advantages and disadvantages of each route. Justify the most appropriate route for this simulated patient presentation.
2. In order of priority, discuss and justify the procedures and skills required to manage this simulated patient presentation.

Please refer to the Generative AI Permission document available on your Moodle site for guidelines on the acceptable and unacceptable use of generative AI in this unit.

The expected word count for this written assessment is 1600 words (800 per case study). Your submission will be assessed in accordance with the rubric provided on the unit Moodle page. The assessment criteria include:

Overall Presentation:

• Writing mechanics.
• Layout and structure (as per unit Moodle page).
• Appropriate word count.

Content:

• Airway and ventilation strategies for case study one.
• Proposed treatment pathway for case study 1, incorporating procedures and skills learnt from this unit.
• Advantages and disadvantages of prehospital analgesia routes for case study two.
• Proposed treatment pathway for case study 2, incorporating procedures and skills learnt from this unit.
• Supports discussion with relevant appropriate literature.

Referencing and Literature:

• APA reference list.
• APA in-text referencing.

This assessment is worth 50% of your overall grade.

The safe and competent performance of pre-hospital procedures and skills forms a core aspect of paramedic practice. Paramedics must possess the theoretical knowledge underpinning these skills, whilst also able to apply them to a safe standard. The practical assessment will be conducted using a variety of platforms, including a written short answer quiz, skill station and voice viva. There are six (6) elements of assessment; a short answer quiz and five (5) skill stations. The skill station may assess one, or a combination of skills with verbal questions relating to that skill. These skill stations are designed to assess knowledge and practical application of paramedic skills. Each skill station will be 5 -10-minute duration.

The practical assessment will be completed on the final day of residential school.

The practical assessment is Pass/Fail. Students must pass this assessment task to pass the overall unit. Students are required to demonstrate their competence by passing four (4) out of six (6) elements of the assessment. Students who fail by one element (passing three out of six) will be offered one reattempt in order to resolve any doubt of their safe and competent performance. The assessment re-attempt will occur at the residential school following the collation of results. Failure to pass the assessment re-attempt will result in fail for the practical assessment task, and subsequently the overall unit. If three out of six assessments are not passed there will not be an opportunity for a resit practical assessment.

The assessment will be marked in accordance with rubrics specific to the skill station. The rubric will assess the articulation of theoretical knowledge of the skills and the safe and competent demonstration of each component in a timely manner. Points will be allocated to each step of the correct performance of the skill. An example rubric is available on the Moodle page. 

The safe application of procedures and skills in a clinical setting must be underpinned by theoretical knowledge. The ability to rapidly recall indications, contraindications and complications of procedures and skills is imperative for safe paramedic practice. The online quiz will assess knowledge and understanding of the procedures and skills taught within the unit.

The online quiz will assess content from PMSC12001 from Weeks 1-11.

The quiz will open Monday 2nd June 2025 0900 AEST and close Monday 9th June 2025 at 0900 AEST.

You will only receive one attempt at the quiz.

Please refer to the Generative AI Permission document available on your Moodle site for guidelines on the acceptable and unacceptable use of generative AI in this unit.

• Time allocation of 60 minutes to complete the quiz.
• There will be a combination of multiple choice, short answer and diagrams. 
• You will only be given one attempt.
• When the due date expires, any open attempts are automatically submitted; you must therefore start the quiz before that deadline or you will not receive your full time period. 
• This is an individual assessment with no collaboration allowed.
• In the absence of an approved extension, there will be no opportunity to complete the task after this date, and there will be no opportunity to apply a late penalty of five percent per day.
• If you have any technical issues you must notify the unit coordinator immediately.