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Foundations of paramedic practice 2

PAR1012

Synopsis

In this unit, you will expand upon previous knowledge of assessment and will begin to examine the treatment and management of patients requiring paramedic care.
You will learn essential clinical and assessment skills by initiating treatment of patients with hypoxia, pain, envenomation and fractures.
You will learn to safely deliver medications and apply basic management procedures.
These skills will be developed in the clinical laboratory and simulation settings. You will learn key concepts to enable safe manual handling of patients and equipment during management.
You will explore and develop clinical decision making capacity in the context of justifying clinical treatment to simulated patients.

Sourced from the Monash Handbook 2026.

Quick facts

Credit points
6
Level
1
Audience
Undergraduate
Type
Coursework
School
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Faculty
Department of Paramedicine
Handbook year
2026

Prerequisites

No prereqs in the handbook graph.

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