1. Written assignment length 2000 words, weighted at 100% (assessing LO's 2 and 3)

Written assignment: students must critically evaluate a Paramedic clinical intervention which includes recommendations for future practice.

2. Clinical Practice Assessment Document 0% (pass/refer) (assessing LO's 1, 2 and 4)

Clinical Practice Assessment Document: continuous clinical practice assessment which will demonstrate competence in relevant areas. This will require a signature against all clinical competencies.

3. 30 minutes of assessment via OSCE 0% (pass/refer) (assessing all LO's)

30 minutes of assessment via OSCE (assessing all LO's), which is split into three separate assessments, each weighted at 0% (pass/refer). Students will be expected to demonstrate competence in key life-saving skills (and in associated problem-solving abilities). The individual elements required are:

• 15 minutes – Advanced Life Support OSCE

• 5 minutes – Paediatric Basic Life Support OSCE (incorporating questioning on Paediatric Advanced Life Support)

• 10 minutes – Intraosseous Access OSCE

Each of these elements will be assessed on the same assessment date, and must be passed to obtain an overall OSCE pass. However, in the event of failure, students will only be expected to reattempt the individual element failed.

Formative Feedback / Assessment:
OSCE, MCQs, Group work, Group tutorials, Clinical Practice Assessment

Indicative Content The student will study the following core content:

- Patient assessment including history taking, primary and secondary survey.
- Assessment & management of pain
- Assessment and management of patients presenting with a range of life threatening , acute, chronic & minor illnesses linked to all systems of life across the age continuum
- Assessment and management of major & minor injuries across the age continuum
- Basic airway management
- Advanced airway management,
- Basic Life support & Advanced life support;
- Paediatric life support & Advanced Paediatric life support
- Cricothyroidectomy, needle thoracentesis, intravenous cannulation, intraosseous cannulation, external jugular cannulation,
- Administration of drugs in line with schedule 7 of Prescription Only Medicine Order (1997)
- Drug calculations
- 12 lead ECG interpretation
Recognition & management of life extinct
- Extrication
- Womens Health
- Assessment & Management of Emergency child birth
- Neonate life support
- Neonatal and maternal resuscitation
- Pregnancy induced hypertension
- Haemorrhage during pregnancy
- Major Incident Medical management
- Chemical, Biological, Radioactive & Nuclear

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: (150 hours)
50 hours Lead Lectures
62 hours Clinical Skills Simulation
24 hours Group Work
10 hours VLE/Blackboard
4 hours Group Tutorials

Guided Independent Study Hours: (150 hours)
100 hours Background reading and individual work
40 hours Assessment preparation
10 Blackboard Activities

Lecturers
Classroom
Clinical skills laboratories with skills equipment
VLE
IT resources
Library resources
Clinical practice
Clinical practice mentor/specialists

BLABER, A. Y. & HARRIS, G. (2011) Assessment Skills for Paramedics. Maidenhead: McGraw Hill.

GREGORY, P. & MURSELL, I. (2010) Manual of Clinical Paramedic Procedures. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell

GREGORY, P. & WARD, I. (Eds) (2010) 'Sanders' Paramedic Textbook. UK Edition. London: Mosby Elsevier

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS (2011) Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support. 7th Edition. St Louis: Mosby Elsevier

Enrolled onto one of the following awards;

Foundation Degree of Science in Paramedic Science

Access to clinical practice placements

1. DEMONSTRATE COMPETENCE IN A RANGE OF CLINICAL SKILLS
Application
Health Award Specific Option 1
Knowledge and Understanding

2. DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO ASSESS AND ANALYSE DATA TO DELIVER CARE THAT IS RESPONSIVE, FLEXIBLE AND RELEVANT WITHIN THE CLINICAL SETTING Application
Communication
Health Award Specific Option 1
Knowledge and Understanding
Problem Solving

3. EVALUATE EVIDENCE BASED STRATEGIES IN THE MANAGEMENT IN THE APPLICATION OF THERAPEUTIC/NON THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS TO A DIVERSE RANGE OF PATIENTS
Analysis
Enquiry
Health Award Specific Option 1
Problem Solving

4. DEMONSTRATE PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY FOR AN EXPANDING RANGE OF PARAMEDIC SKILLS Application
Health Award Specific Option 1
Knowledge and Understanding

A module to give you the underpinning knowledge and skills to work within frontline pre-hospital care. Covering a vast range of assessments treatments and conditions, from labour and childbirth to Advanced Life Support for cardiac arrest, looking at patients of all ages from both a traumatic and medical perspective.