James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2020

TM5576 - Adult Secondary Retrievals

Subject Description

This subject provides students with the knowledge required to successfully provide clinical care in the adult secondary (interfacility) retrieval setting. Basic principles of interfacility care will be reviewed and form the contextual environment for the subject. Specific areas of clinical care likely to be encountered in the secondary retrievals environment will be examined in detail. There will also be a focus on the impact of the aeromedical environment on patients, procedures and equipment. The subject will provide students with not just the knowledge needed to provide patient care, but also knowledge of the evidence and theory underpinning these constructs.

Learning Outcomes

• critically analyse the role of secondary retrievals in the aeromedical environment
• compare and contrast the differences between standard hospital based health care and all phases of secondary retrievals
• evaluate the key aspects for communication and documentation for secondary retrievals
• analyse the common clinical conditions and key clinical procedures likely to be encountered with particular emphasis on critical care patients requiring secondary retrievals
• analyse the role of secondary retrievals in potential or actual mass casualty incidents with reference to site organisation and relationships with other key participants

Subject Assessment

• Invigilated > End of semester exam - (40%)
• Non-Invigilated > Assignments - (60%)

Note that minor variations might occur due to the continuous subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.

Assumed Knowledge:  Student must have previous knowledge regarding provision of medical care in critical care settings. This subject DOES NOT teach critical care medicine. It teaches application of critical care medicine in the unique retrieval environment.

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