| K1 | <p>Demonstrate a satisfactory knowledge and understanding of accepted assessment and management strategies for paediatric patients</p> |
| K2 | <p>Discuss the standard treatment regime for a patient suffering an endocrine emergency</p> |
| K3 | <p>Illustrate the principle of thermoregulation and recognize the pre hospital implications of hypothermia and hyperthermia</p> |
| K4 | <p>Apply expedient assessment and management of a patient suffering a drug overdose</p> |
| K5 | <p>Analyse available pre hospital medication and justify the importance of "standing orders”.</p> |
| K6 | <p>Appraise the importance of operating within a safe working environment and demonstrate awareness of the boundaries of the scope of practice</p> |
| K7 | <p>Summarize the legal and ethical boundaries of the profession and operate within them</p> |
| K8 | <p>Understand the needs of patients from different cultural backgrounds</p> |
| S1 | <p>Practise pre hospital clinical approach to paediatric patients and implement accepted assessment management of these patients</p> |
| S2 | <p>Recommend appropriate clinical practice guidelines for a variety of pre hospital medical emergencies and implement the appropriate management.</p> |
| S3 | <p>Show competence in the use of a variety of pre hospital medication delivery systems</p> |
| S4 | <p>Demonstrate advanced effective and appropriate skills in communicating information, advice, instructions and professional opinions to all stakeholders encountered throughout placement</p> |
| S5 | <p>Formulate and deliver clinical practice to meet the healthcare needs of the patients, within the approved scope of practice and under direct supervision of a stipulated Advanced Life Support (ALS) paramedic</p> |
| S6 | <p>Determine patient care requirements based on appropriate assessment techniques utilising suitable equipment and skills</p> |
| S7 | <p>Implement accepted treatment options via the use of the Clinical Practice Guidelines</p> |
| S8 | <p>Generate a suitable patient care record by participating in the documentation of the patient’s care through the VACIS system under the direct supervision of the ALS paramedic</p> |
| S9 | <p>Provide a culturally safe environment for patient centred care</p> |
| A1 | <p>Initiate, plan, implement and evaluate the appropriate management of patients suffering from endocrine, thermoregulatory and overdose emergency presentations utilising the Clinical Practise Guidelines</p> |
| A2 | <p>Analyse and independently implement pre hospital medication standing orders and demonstrate medication safety with a comprehensive knowledge of medication calculations</p> |
| A3 | <p>Differentiate the complexities of paediatric presentations and recommend the appropriate assessment and management of these patients within the paramedic’s scope of practise</p> |
| A4 | <p>Act in accordance with all relevant policies, procedures, legislation and governance of the Ambulance and University organisations</p> |
| A5 | <p>Gather appropriate information, select and use the most appropriate management and treatment options available in a clinical setting with limited guidance from ALS paramedic supervisor</p> |