PAR5440 Intensive care management of trauma and environmental conditions

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

1. 1

   Examine and apply knowledge of the structure of trauma systems and define the related trauma triage criteria including the benefits of pre-hospital support and the related role of community emergency health practitioners;

2. 2

   Analyse the pathophysiology of common traumatic and environmental conditions as it relates to specific intensive care interventions and clinical management strategies;

3. 3

   Formulate appropriate pharmacotherapeutic regimes using the relevant drugs available for the intensive care management of trauma and environmental conditions;

4. 4

   Implement knowledge, skills and evidence based practice to professionally manage trauma and environmental emergencies as an intensive care paramedic;

5. 5

   Synthesise the epidemiology of traumatic injuries and environmental conditions;

6. 6

   Determine the likely ongoing management of patients in hospital critical care units using the framework of a trauma system.