Management of Special Populations in Critical Care and Retrieval

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:

  1. Discuss and demonstrate advanced assessment, clinical decision making and emergency management of special patient populations with acute or complex presentations.
  2. Justify advanced clinical skills required in the critical care and retrieval setting to manage special patient populations with high-acuity and emergent patient presentations.
  3. Analyse the common clinical conditions and the associated clinical procedures and practices required for systematic and safe retrieval of special populations.

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• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About University of Tasmania

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• TAS-CCR-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Critical Care and Retrieval)
• TAS-CCR-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Critical Care and Retrieval)

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

• TAS-CAA603-Optimising Perfusion Physiology in Critical Care

• TAS-CAA604-Respiratory Critical Care

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Teaching Arrangements: 10 hours per week of Self-directed learning

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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