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Please note that this Unit Profile is still in progress. The content below is subject to change.Overview
This unit will build on your existing knowledge of pharmacology and advanced clinical assessment and intervention. You will learn to use advanced clinical vital sign monitoring and interventions to build an accurate clinical picture to advocate for patient evacuation with the most appropriate available transport assets. Planning, operational control, triage and patient packaging for systematic evacuation will be introduced. You will be introduced to advanced clinical care practices for prolonged field care scenarios where evacuation is deferred indefinitely. Risk mitigation and situational awareness techniques learned in direct and indirect threat care units will be built upon and further incorporated into the clinical assessment to ensure a measured situational response in the event of threat re-escalation. You will synthesise clinical data obtained through ongoing patient assessment to implement an ongoing treatment plan in preparation for evacuation.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Co-Requisites: PMSC20016 Direct Threat Care PMSC20017 Indirect Threat Care
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2025
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from CQU Success and email
Students found the content engaging and contemporary, reflecting the needs of current professionals in related fields.
It’s recommended that content continues to be regularly updated to reflect current needs. The field of study evolves rapidly, and new content will be added to the unit as new ideas and norms emerge.
Feedback from CQU Success and student interactions
Students enjoyed the residential component of the unit and found the focused high-fidelity scenarios engaging and helpful in cementing new skills and knowledge.
It's recommended that high-fidelity scenarios reflecting contemporary practice continue to be delivered during residential schools.
- Apply comprehensive clinical assessments within the tactical care context
- Integrate clinical knowledge, pharmacology and advanced clinical interventions into prolonged field care
- Analyse trends in clinical findings to identify emerging trauma pathologies or clinical deterioration in prolonged field care
- Demonstrate ongoing situational control while treating and preparing a patient for evacuation.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||
| 3 - Practical Assessment - 0% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | ||||
| 2 - Communication | ||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | ||||
| 4 - Research | ||||
| 5 - Self-management | ||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | ||||
| 7 - Leadership | ||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||