Overview – Recap and expansion from Level 4.

Professional & Procedural – Providing a professional context for the use of skills.
A review of manual handling techniques.
Mobility assessment and equipment awareness.

Trauma - Includes theory and practice in the following:

An introduction to minor and major trauma emergencies (including regional Major Trauma Network pathways.
Major Incident Medical Management and CBRN.
SORT.
HART.
JESIP.
NARU.
Triage.

Communications:

Recognition of hazardous materials and decontamination.
Extrication principles.
Kinematics of Trauma.
Burns.
Drowning.
Recognition of Trauma - Assessment and management of trauma emergencies.
Collaborative and multi-disciplinary working – encompasses JESIP principles.
Considering:
Human factors associated with health and decision making.
Non-Technical Skills associated with safe and effective practice.
Briefing and -De-Briefing.
Teamwork.
Standards of conduct, performance, and ethics.

Note:

This module will draw on knowledge and experience gained from Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Clinical Skills 1 and 2.

Simulation exercise based on a clinical emergency, incorporating four phases. (Learning Outcomes 1,2,3, and 4).

Phase 1: Pre-brief, role allocation and planning.

Phase 2: Group to manage and assess the simulation, including patient assessment, history taking and management in the team dynamic.

Phase 3: Group reflection-on-action to identify areas of safe and effective practice and areas of improvement. Students will identify safe and effective practice. This will be written down in a de-brief.

Phase 4: De-Brief - Students should utilise a recognised briefing and debriefing tool to reflect on.

Demonstrate the ability to identify and manage a patient using the basic principles of pathophysiology, to support a treatment plan.

Building from Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Clinical Skills 1 and 2, learning will consist of technical skills, lead lectures, debates, seminars, and pre-recorded content, with a focus on clinical simulation and teamwork. This will be supplemented by online study materials, clinical simulation, and peer review.

Online materials will be used to introduce subject areas and will be delivered through the university’s virtual learning environment (VLE). This will then be built upon through lead lectures.

Incorporated into these will be tasks and activities, which will help to form the basis of face-to-face tutorial sessions to reinforce your learning.

Specialist guest lectures, service users and carers will also be included to give students an in-depth professional and personal experience of key subject areas.

You will also be expected to undertake your own self-study on this module, comprising approximately 140 hours. You will have guidance on which issues and areas to look at, but this study is designed to help expand your knowledge and appreciation for the key subject matters, and to allow you time to work on and develop your assignment

This module will also include elements of Interprofessional Education (IPE). Students will participate in simulated learning experiences which may include 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

1. Critically reflect on your ability to deliver safe and effective care in the pre-hospital or simulated environment.
Knowledge and Understanding, Application, Reflection, Communication.

2. Apply and evaluate effective teamwork in the pre-hospital care or simulated environment.
Knowledge and Understanding, Application, Enquiry.

3. Demonstrate safe and appropriate clinical assessments in response to a range of potential trauma presentations, across the lifespan.
Knowledge and Understanding, Application.

4. Demonstrate and evaluate the safe application of treatment and management plans, in accordance with patient need.
Knowledge and Understanding, Application, Enquiry, Problem Solving.

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

Bledsoe, B.E. (2014), Essentials of paramedic care update, 2nd (new international) edn, Harlow: Pearson.

JESIP.org.uk. (2018). JESIP - Working together, Saving Lives. [online] Available at: http://www.jesip.org.uk/home

Karcioglu, O. and Eneyli, M. (2019), PHTLS prehospital trauma life support, Burlington: Jones & Bartlet Learning.

Resuscitation Council UK. Available at: https://www.resus.org.uk/professional-resources

Enrolled on the BSc (Hons) in Paramedic Science.

Building from the knowledge and skills gained in Introduction to Non-Technical Skills and Simulation 1 you with explore the principles and management of Pre-Hospital Traumatic Injury and Major Incident, supported by the essential non-technical skills required for safe and effective care.