Overview – Recap and expansion from Level 4.

Professional & Procedural – Considers the following:

Understanding guidelines and protocols.
Scope of practice and referral to other clinicians


Patient Assessment – Here we will build upon and develop the assessment skills you have gained at Level 4. The content will include areas such as:
The effects of therapeutic interventions
Intravascular and Intraosseous access including fluid therapy.
Interpretation of clinical features across age ranges.
Manage adverse drug reactions and report where required
Patient assessments - Systems assessment and use of diagnostic tools such as 12 lead ECG
Including the pathophysiology of body systems to include
Respiratory system
Nervous system
Abdominal system
GU system
Musculoskeletal system
Management of spinal immobilisation.
Pain management.
Recognition and interpretation of vital signs to support clinical making
Knowledge and understanding of decision-making theories and how human factors affect clinical decision making
Introduction to pharmacology including drug laws, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and JRCALC drugs. An awareness of commonly prescribed medications.
Standards of conduct, performance, and ethics
Note:

This module runs in conjunction with Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Clinical Skills 2.

1. Multiple Choice Question and Short answer examination, based on Pathophysiology and Pharmacology. (Learning Outcomes 1 and 2).

2. Graded Patient OSCE. (Learning Outcomes 3 and 4).

Students will be required¿to demonstrate a fundamental knowledge and application of appropriate history taking, assessment and management.¿Student will also demonstrate the safe and effective use of therapeutic intervention/s.

Both assessments must be passed at 40% to achieve an overall pass for the module.

Throughout the module, key theory content will be delivered through a combination of lead lectures, seminars and practical skills session that are additionally supplemented by online materials. Most of the content will be delivered by the paramedic teaching team. however, specialist guest lecturers may be brought in to cover some key subjects and provide alternative perspectives on specific areas of clinical practice.

Theory content will be complimented by practical sessions utilising the paramedic skills labs, as well as off-site training opportunities. The module will expose students to clinical simulation situations including time spent in the university’s simulation facilities and extrication training conducted in conjunction with Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Students will also be given the opportunity to access the skills labs for supplementary unsupervised clinical skills training in preparation for their OSCEs.

Students are expected to participate in simulated learning either as a clinician or taking the role of a patient/relative, and this is an extremely valuable learning experience. Consent will be sought for this at the commencement of the course, and students will reserve the right to withdraw consent at any point. In the event of this happening an alternative learning experience will be provided by the teaching team. Service user and carer involvement will also be utilised in simulated learning where appropriate and available.

This module will also include elements of Interprofessional Education (IPE). Students will participate in simulated learning experiences in conjunction with students from other areas of healthcare such as Midwifery, Nursing and Operating Department Practitioners and will learn with and from one another by working together to achieve the best outcome for the simulated patient.

Tutorial support will be available for students throughout the module, and group work will also be utilised to encourage collaborative learning.

Students are expected to conduct their own independent study to consolidate their learning and prepare for assessment points. Supplementary learning materials will be made available on the university Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) to help direct this study, and to assist with revision.

1. Demonstrate fundamental knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology applicable to paramedic practice.
Knowledge and Understanding, Application.

2. Demonstrate critical understanding of homeostasis, homeostatic imbalance and clinical presentations, across the lifespan.
Knowledge and Understanding, Application.

3. Conduct a comprehensive and detailed clinical assessment, and interpret, analyse, and document findings appropriately. Application, Analysis, Learning, Problem Solving. Enquiry.

4. Demonstrate and evaluate the safe application of clinical therapeutic interventions in accordance with the potential needs of the service-user.
Communication, Problem Solving, Application, Enquiry.

Clinical skills sessions.
Simulation.
VLE (Virtual Learning Environments).
Classroom.
Library support.
Academic Mentor support.
Group tutorials.
Lectures.
Seminars.

Enrolled on the BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science.

Paramedics are generalist practitioners who respond to a broad range of patients in diverse and changing environments. This module is intended to cover the essential pathophysiology and pharmacology of common emergency presentations, whilst developing the fundamental skills associated with safe and effective care.