• Evaluation of complex situations   
• Technical and non-technical skills   
• Team leadership and managing complex patient encounters   
• Clinical management of critical illness   
• Clinical management of critical injury   
• The agitated/aggressive patient   
• Paediatric, elderly, pregnant patients   
• Major burns   
• Critical care drugs   
• Catastrophic haemorrhage including blood products   
• Critical care in transit   

The course is facilitated by Experienced Advanced Paramedic Practitioners in Critical Care, Intensive Care and Prehospital Emergency Medicine Doctors.

The faculty is interprofessional, with staff from paramedic, advanced paramedic and other allied health backgrounds. Whilst exposure to these subject areas is intended to increase understanding and knowledge, it does not change your scope of practice for clinical employment. 

Assessment details:

 Written submission worth 60% of the module mark.    

 Practical OSCE stations including written, verbal and practical elements, worth 40% of the module mark.    

 Learning Outcomes:

Successful students will typically:     

• Demonstrate a critical understanding of the knowledge required for accurate assessment of critically ill/injured patients.   
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of the knowledge and skills required for the management of critically ill/injured patients.  
• Critically evaluate contemporary evidence and guidelines for the management of critically ill/injured patients in a range of clinical settings.  
• Demonstrate the ability to work as part of the multi-disciplinary team in the optimisation and management of a critically ill/injured patient.   
• Critically apply evidence-based clinical decision making in the management of critically ill/injured patients.   
• Demonstrate the application of appropriate clinical skills used for the assessment and management of critically ill/ injured patients.