Course description

Paramedic Clinical Placement 4 provides students with their final placement block comprised of six weeks of full-time practice with the Queensland Ambulance Service. Students may undertake this placement in a metropolitan or rural setting. As this is the final clinical placement for the program, students will be expected to integrate all of the theoretical knowledge and practical skills taught in the program to date. This placement is crucial in enabling the student to consolidate all of this learning and applying it in the practical day-to-day management of their patients. At the completion of this course, students should have the competence and confidence to perform at the standard of an entry-level Graduate Placement Paramedic. During their placement, students will work as the third officer on an emergency ambulance vehicle and will be expected to perform as an integral member of the ambulance crew. Students will be expected to significantly contribute to clinical decision making and treatment and to actively participate in patient care and transportation. Students must also demonstrate a thorough knowledge and understanding of ambulance equipment, procedures, processes and documentation. Variations in exposure to patient volume and variety will be expected due to metropolitan versus regional placements and these variations will be supplemented by simulated learning and practical teaching. Students will also be required to complete a research/evaluation project relevant to their clinical placement.

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