PAR5320 Community paramedicine

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Apply the practices of advanced prescribing, health promotion, health assessment, discharge planning and a range of treatment schedules using an evidence-based approach.

2. 2

   Recognise risk factors for disease or injury, while using appropriate screening tools to be able to triage patients to remain in their home, refer to general practice or other appropriate health services.

3. 3

   Synthesise how community health practitioners might relate to and coordinate with hospital emergency departments, general practitioners and other healthcare services for optimal patient-centred outcomes in the management of the conditions covered in this unit.

4. 4

   Recognise the limitations of your medical knowledge, and how this relates to scope of practice, patient safety and their role within the broader health care team.

5. 5

   Apply knowledge of normal gastrointestinal and genitourinary anatomy and physiology to describe the structure and function as well as common abnormalities and significant acute or chronic pathologies associated with these two systems.

6. 6

   Analyse the common causes, clinical assessments, complications and outcomes associated with ear, nose and throat complications in both adult and paediatric patients

7. 7

   Apply knowledge of normal musculoskeletal and integumentary anatomy and physiology to describe the structure and function as well as common abnormalities and significant acute or chronic pathologies associated with these two systems.

8. 8

   Apply knowledge of common chronic condition as well as common abnormalities and significant acute or pathologies associated with these conditions.

9. 9

   Formulate appropriate pharmacotherapeutic regimes using the relevant drugs available in community paramedicine in the management of acute or chronic conditions including appropriate use of antibiotics, non-opioid analgesics, anti-inflammatories and antipyretic drugs.