| Effective Term: | 2027/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Health and Wellbeing |
| Unit Title: | Clinical Paramedicine 1 |
| Unit ID: | HCPAR5001 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | (HCPAR5011) |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 069905 |
| Other Change: | |
| Brief description of the Unit |
This unit develops advanced paramedic competence in pre-hospital pharmacology, clinical decision-making, and the safe application of intervention strategies within scope of practice. Students will apply pharmacological principles to pre-hospital drug interventions by examining indications, contraindications, precautions, likely side effects, and expected onset times. Emphasis is placed on professional accountability and autonomy, enabling students to justify paramedic actions and decisions in dynamic pre-hospital environments. Students will further consolidate safe, effective, and competent performance of advanced clinical skills through structured simulated clinical practice. The unit also covers the safe and proficient operation of essential ambulance equipment, including cardiac monitoring, oxygen delivery, and stretcher management. Learners will integrate anatomy and physiology with clinical assessment and intervention to support evidence-based pre-hospital care. Guided by clinical practice guidelines and relevant interstate clinical practice guidance, students will apply Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs)/ Clinical Work Instructions (CWIs) to determine and justify the importance of recommended assessments and treatments for a range of pre-hospital presentations. Successful completion equips graduates with the knowledge and practical skills required to deliver high-quality, guideline-informed, and safe advanced pre-hospital care. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: | |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| Skills: |
| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| Other outcomes: |
| O1. | Apply pharmacological principles to pre-hospital drug interventions including indications, contraindications, precautions, likely side effects, and expected onset times. |
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| O2. | Apply professional accountability and autonomy requirements to justify paramedic decision-making and actions within the pre-hospital setting. |
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| O3. | Demonstrate safe, effective, and competent performance of advanced pre-hospital clinical skills in simulated clinical practice. |
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| O4. | Safely and proficiently operate ambulance equipment including but not limited to the cardiac monitor, oxygen delivery and stretcher |
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| O5. | Integrate anatomy and physiology with clinical assessment and intervention to perform pre-hospital care within paramedic scope of practice. |
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| O6. | Apply Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs)/ Clinical Work Instructions (CWIs) and relevant interstate clinical practice guidance to determine and justify their importance within paramedic scope of practice. |
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| Unit Content: |
This unit is designed to build upon and extend your knowledge and skills, and to introduce and develop competence in advanced pre-hospital clinical practice Topics may include: - Professional accountability and autonomy in advanced paramedic practice, including justifying clinical actions in real-time and within scope
- Pharmacological decision-making for pre-hospital drug therapy, including indications, contraindications, precautions, expected onset times and recognition of likely adverse effects
- Advanced pre-hospital clinical skills and scenario-based simulation, with a focus on safe, competent assessment and intervention performance
- Safe operation of key ambulance equipment: cardiac monitor use, oxygen delivery systems, and stretcher operation and patient transfer
- Integrated anatomy and physiology for assessment and treatment, linking clinical findings to likely pathophysiology and intervention priorities
- Use of Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs)/ Clinical Work Instructions (CWIs) and relevant interstate clinical practice guidance to support assessment and treatment decisions, including determining the relevance of guidance to the presented patient
- Management of immediate life threats during the primary survey (time-critical interventions)
- Clinical handover using IMIST-AMBO, including take-over/continuity elements and safety-critical information transfer
- Verification of Death processes aligned to pre-hospital care requirements and related CPR withholding/ceasing practices
- Cardiac monitoring workflow and ECG-informed decision-making, including guidance-based decision-making in the context of resuscitation outcomes
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| Graduate Attributes: |
| Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FEDTASKS (Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are be embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and Co-operative Learning opportunities. One or more FEDTASK, transferable Attributes, Skills or Knowledge must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each FedUni Unit, and all must be directly assessed in each Course.
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| FED TASK and descriptor | Development and acquisition of FEDTASKS in the Unit | | Level | FEDTASK 1
Interpersonal | Students at this level will demonstrate an advanced ability in a range of contexts to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups. Students will be required to display high level skills in-person and/or online in: • Using and demonstrating a high level of verbal and non-verbal communication • Demonstrating a mastery of listening for meaning and influencing via active listening • Demonstrating and showing empathy for others • High order skills in negotiating and conflict resolution skills\\ • Demonstrating mastery of working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams. | Y - Present | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students at this level will demonstrate a mastery in professional skills and behaviours in leading others. • Creating and sustaining a collegial environment • Demonstrating a high level of self -awareness and the ability to self-reflect and justify decisions • Inspiring and initiating opportunities to lead others • Making informed professional decisions • Demonstrating initiative in new professional situations. | Y - Present | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students at this level will demonstrate high level skills in working in complexity and ambiguity using the imagination to create new ideas. Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically to generate and consider complex ideas and concepts at an abstract level • Analysing complex and abstract ideas, concepts and information • Communicate alternative perspectives to justify complex ideas • Demonstrate a mastery of challenging conventional thinking to clarify complex concepts • Forming creative solutions in problem solving to new situations for further learning. | Y - Present | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students at this level will demonstrate the ability to work competently across a wide range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks. Students will be required to display skills in: • Mastering, exploring, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and sharing digital information professionally • Collating, managing complex data, accessing and using digital data securely • Receiving and responding professionally to messages in a range of professional digital media • Contributing competently and professionally to digital teams and working groups • Participating at a high level in digital learning opportunities. | Y - Present | FEDTASK 5
sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students at this level will demonstrate a mastery of considering and assessing the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting professional ethical and sustainable decisions. Students will be required to display skills in: • Demonstrate informed judgment making that considers the impact of devising complex solutions in ambiguous global economic environmental and societal contexts • Professionally committing to the promulgation of social responsibility • Demonstrate the ability to evaluate ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable challenges and generating and articulating responses • Communicating lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to the diverse professional others • Generating, leading and implementing required actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life | Y - Present |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | Professional Standards |
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1, 3, 5, 6 |
Essay - CPG review, students to pick a CPG from a jurisdictional ambulance service to critically review. |
Written assignment |
40-60% |
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| 2. |
1, 3, 5, 6 |
Examination of 2 hours consisting of a combination of multiple choice questions, short answers questions and/or case study based questions |
Written Examination |
40-60% |
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| 3. |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
Practical demonstration of theoretical and clinical skills assessed via a scenario setting |
Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) |
S/U |
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