PAR-40047 - Module Specification
School of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

The Introduction to Critical Care Practice for Paramedics module will provide you with comprehensive and detailed knowledge, skills, and understanding to provide care to service users alongside pre-hospital critical care practitioners and critical care teams. Detailed pharmacology of drugs used in pre-hospital critical care management is explored in addition to advanced clinical interventions and comprehensive knowledge of critical care transport and retrieval. Assessment for the module will demonstrate your detailed and comprehensive knowledge and understanding and will test your ability to undertake a systemic and comprehensive clinical examination of a critically ill or injured patient, demonstrating complex decision-making skills and initiating treatment.

The Introduction to Critical Care Practice for Paramedics module will provide students with comprehensive and detailed knowledge, skills, and understanding to provide care to service users alongside pre-hospital critical care practitioners and critical care teams. Advanced patient assessment, and management including advanced clinical and pharmacological interventions to stabilise the critically ill or injured patient will be core themes for the module.
Content linked to the College of Paramedic Curriculum Guidance (CoP, 2019), the Health and Care Professions Council Standards of Proficiency for paramedics (HCPC, 2014) and QAA Subject Benchmark Statement Paramedics (QAA, 2019)
College of Paramedics
Normal anatomy and physiology
ILO 3 & Indicative Content
C1.1.4, C1.1.5,
Pathophysiology
ILO 3 & Indicative Content
C1.1.6, C1.1.7, C1.1.8, C1.1.9
Pharmacology
ILO 1, 2 & 3 & Indicative Content
C1.1.10, C1.1.11, C1.1.14, C1.1.15, C1.1.16
Communication and history taking
ILO 1 & Indicative Content
C1.3.1, C1.3.2, C1.3.3, C1.3.4
Models of patient assessment
ILO 1 & Indicative Content
C1.3.5
Patient groups
Indicative Content
C1.3.7
Risk evaluation
ILO 1, 2 & 3 & Indicative Content
C1.3.9, C1.3.10, C1.3.11, C1.3.12, C1.3.13
Intervention and monitoring
1 & 2 & Indicative Content
C1.3.14, C1.3.15, C1.3.16, C1.3.17, C1.3.18, C1.3.19, C1.3.20
Clinical reasoning and decision-making
ILO 1, 2, 3 & 4 & Indicative Content
C1.3.22
Physical assessment skills
ILO 1 & 3 & Indicative Content
C1.3.25
Legal systems and healthcare law
Indicative Content
C1.4.1, C1.4.2
Resilience and disaster preparedness
Indicative Content
C1.5.6, C1.5.7, C1.5.8, C1.5.9, C1.5.10
Communication skills
Indicative Content
C1.6.1, C1.6.2
Professional behaviours
Indicative Content
C1.6.4, C1.6.5, C1.6.7
Leadership
Indicative Content
C1.7.5
Team working
ILO 4 & Indicative Content
C1.7.13, C1.7.14
Health and Care Professions Council
1. be able to practise safely and effectively within their scope of practice
Indicative Content
1.1
2 be able to practise within the legal and ethical
boundaries of their profession
ILO 1, 3 & 4 & Indicative Content
2.3, 2.5, 2.7
7 understand the importance of and be able to maintain
confidentiality
ILO 4 & Indicative Content
7.1, 7.2, 7.3,
8 be able to communicate effectively
ILO 1, 2, 3 & Indicative Content
8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9;
11 be able to reflect on and review practice
ILO 4 & Indicative Content
11.1
13.11 understand the following aspects of clinical science:
Indicative Content
13.11.4, 13.11.5
14 be able to draw on appropriate knowledge and skills to
inform practice
ILO 1, 2 & 3 & Indicative Content
14.1, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6, 14.7, 14.8, 14.9, 14.22;
15 understand the need to establish and maintain a safe
practice environment
ILO 3 & Indicative Content
15.1, 15.4, 15.5, 15.7,

QAA Subject Benchmark Statement Paramedics:
Indicative Content
viii, xi, xiv, xv, xxii, xxiii
ILO 1 & Indicative Content
i
ILO 2 & indicative Content
vii
ILO 4 Indicative Content
x
ILO 2 & 3 & Indicative Content
xviii
ILO 1, 2, 3 & 4 & Indicative Content
xx
ILO 1 , 2 & 3 & Indicative Content
xxiv

Intended Learning Outcomes

Critically discuss and apply the underpinning knowledge in the assessment and management of advanced airway, respiratory, and cardiovascular critical care scenarios: 2
Critically analyse pharmacology of the key drugs/agents used in the critical care management of airway, breathing and circulatory emergencies to include anaesthesia/analgesia, fluid and endocrinal therapies and critically evaluate their effectiveness.
: 3
Synthesise knowledge and understanding of relevant anatomy, pathophysiology and pharmacology and apply this appropriately to the management of the critically ill and/or injured patient.
: 1,3
Demonstrate a detailed and comprehensive understanding of the complexities of decision-making in multi-disciplinary teams when retrieving and transporting critically ill and/or injured patients.: 2

Study hours

Lead Lectures - 20 hours
Demonstrations - 10 hours
Case studies - 4 hours
Clinical skills and Simulation - 10 hours
Independent Study - 106 hours to cover directed and self-directed reading, revision and assessment preparation

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment